California is completely drought-free for the first time in 25 years
Some wet years and recent winter storms have helped bring the state out of drought after years of insufficient rainfall
TL;DR
- California is now completely drought-free for the first time since 2000.
- Recent wet years and winter storms have replenished state reservoirs above historic averages.
- The drought had previously intensified the state's wildfire crisis and challenged its agricultural sector.
- Despite being drought-free, snowpack levels in the Sierra Nevada are currently around 70% of the average.
- The melting snowpack provides about a third of the state's water supply.
- Hydrologists caution that it is too early to definitively assess the year's water supply due to lower snowpack.