In #California, #snowpack over the #winter recharged the #waterfalls in #YosemiteNationalPark after the area’s three #driest years on record. Large parts of #YosemiteNationalPark were closed at the end of April to the public because of #flooding fears, as well as from late February to mid-March, when a daily #snowfall record was broken. In April, the California Department of Water Resources recorded 126.5 inches of snow and a #snow #water equivalent of 54 inches.

https://www.isciences.com/blog/2023/06/29/united-states-intense-surplus-to-persist-in-w-sw-states

2022 #weather extremes in East #Dorset -

• Record wind gust of 60mph recorded on 18th February
• #Driest summer by some margin with just 16.4% local rainfall
• Station record high temperature of 35.6°C recorded on 18th July
• A record run of 7 days exceeding 30°C in July
• November was the station’s wettest month on record (242mm, 240.8%)
• Not a single air frost in November
• #Warmest autumn on record
• #Wettest autumn on record
• #Coldest start to December since 2010

2022 #weather extremes in East #Dorset -

• Record wind gust of 60mph recorded on 18th February
• #Driest summer by some margin with just 16.4% local rainfall
• Station record high temperature of 35.6°C recorded on 18th July
• A record run of 7 days exceeding 30°C in July
• November was the station’s wettest month on record (242mm, 240.8%)
• Not a single air frost in November
• #Warmest autumn on record
• #Wettest autumn on record
• #Coldest start to December since 2010

#California records its #driest year ever amid ongoing #megadrought #climate

https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-10-25-california-reports-its-driest-in-100-years.html

#California records its #driest year ever amid ongoing #megadrought #climate

https://newstarget.com/2021-10-25-california-reports-its-driest-in-100-years.html