Climate Prediction Center leaning drier than normal in Arizona through April
From February through April, the CPC is leaning warmer than normal in Arizona. However, they only forecast this with a 33% to ...
Phoenix ties record for 2nd longest dry spell. When will it rain? Here's what experts say
Phoenix tied a record for the second longest dry spell, officials said. Here's why it's dry, when it last rained and what ...
Colorado River snowpack offers little hope to end water cutbacks in Arizona in 2026
January's Colorado River basin snowpack is about normal, but without a snowy late winter, Arizona will likely see sustained ...
What the return of La Niña means for California's Sierra Nevada snowpack
At the beginning of the new year, California’s snowpack looked promising. On Jan. 2, the state’s Department of Water Resources measured the snowpack at 108% of average, for that date. The bomb cyclone ...
The decades-long drying trend that increased fire risk in the US Southwest
The region, including southern California, is the driest it has been since the year 800 after a decade-long “megadrought”, ...
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'Unusual' and weak La Niña finally here, NOAA confirms
NOAA has declared that a La Niña is underway. This cool weather event is likely to be shorter and weaker than usual, but will ...
La Niña has officially arrived. Here's what that means for western Washington
La Nina is the opposing end of the spectrum from El Nino, an oscillation between cooler and warmer than normal waters in the ...