In early January, the soil moisture in much of Southern California was in the bottom 2% of historical records for that day in ...
When the air is warm and dry, transpiration and evaporation also suck water out of the plants and soil. That leaves dry ...
Southern California started out the 2024-25 water year pretty dry. The region got some rain from an atmospheric river in November, but not much. After that, most of the atmospheric rivers that hit the ...