Advertisement(Paul Duginski / Los Angeles Times)The latest Drought Monitor, released Thursday, continues to show a little more than a third of the state as abnormally dry. “Drought is more than recent snowpack and rainfall,” Patzert said. Without more winter rain and snow, we could easily slip back into drought.”The eight-station Northern Sierra Index stood at 68% of seasonal normal as of Tuesday. Los Angeles, which had been above normal since early this winter, slipped to 94% of normal. (Paul Duginski / Los Angeles Times)Patzert said that last month was the 18th-driest January for downtown Los Angeles going back to 1878, with 0.32 of an inch.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 07, 2020 04:30 UTC