First time in 25 years: US Drought Monitor shows no dry areas in California
California's reservoirs are at healthy levels with seven of 12 major reservoirs above 75% capacity, driven by above-normal rainfall and late-season storms, U.S. Drought Monitor reports.
- California is drought-free for the first time in 25 years, with 0% of the state's area experiencing drought conditions, as reported by the U.S. Drought Monitor.
- This milestone follows a series of final storms in December 2025 that filled reservoirs and marked an 'exceptionally wet period' in California.
- Experts suggest that the wildfire risk is currently 'about as close to zero as it ever gets' due to the current water supply levels.
- Researchers indicate that climate change is likely to create increasingly extreme weather swings, leading to both intense droughts and heavy rainfall.
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California is drought-free for the first time in 25 years: U.S. Drought Monitor
For the first time in 25 years, California is drought-free, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor. The last time this happened was December 2000. Due to the very wet start to the water year, which started on Oct. 1, many parts of California have doubled, tripled, or in some cases close to quadrupled their normal rainfall, NBC 7 Meteorologist...
California is completely drought-free for the first time in a quarter-century. Inside the remarkable turnaround.
After experiencing one of the wettest holiday season on record, still soggy California hit a major milestone this week — having zero areas of abnormal dryness for the first time in 25 years.
A 'breather': Drenched California has no dry areas for first time in a quarter-century
LOS ANGELES — After experiencing one of the wettest holiday seasons on record, still soggy California hit a major milestone this week — having zero areas of abnormal dryness for the first time in 25 years. This data, collected by the U.S. ...
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