While what some are calling “significant rainfall” is possible late next week – a rain event around Oct. Much of California is in a moderate state of drought (32 percent) and another 32 percent is in severe drought, including Sonoma County and north to the Oregon border and beyond – where drought conditions are qualified as extreme. Average precipitation in Sonoma is around 30 inches, double what we’ve had. Drought Monitor was initiated, the longest duration of drought in California lasted 376 weeks - seven years - beginning in late 2011, and ending on Ma– just last year, when we had the 44-inch total.īut if last year’s totals were a drought-buster, this year hasn’t been. The rainfall year, also known as the “water year,” thus spans the months of most precipitation (usually October through April) instead of “splitting” them according to the annual calendar.
The precipitation total is not a calendar year, but runs from Oct.
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The numbers are in: The official total for the 2019-2020 “rainfall year” in the city of Sonoma was 14.46 inches, a full 30 inches less than the previous year, which totaled 44.46.