How Bad Is the Western Drought? Worst in 12 Centuries, Study Finds. – The New York Times
There has been almost no trend in California precipitation since 1895 and the driest 22 year period of the last century occurred 100 years ago.
Climate at a Glance | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Too bad New York Times writers don’t read their own newspaper.
Severe Ancient Droughts: A Warning to California – The New York Times
“Lisa J. Graumlich, who examines the ring patterns of foxtail pine trees and western junipers in the Sierra Nevada, has compiled a detailed record of the year-to-year variation in temperature and precipitation over the last thousand years.
She has seen in the North American trees the feathery but unmistakable signatures of the Medieval Warm Period, a era from 1100 to 1375 A.D. when, according to European writers of the time and other sources, the climate was so balmy that wine grapes flourished in Britain and the Vikings farmed the now-frozen expanse of Greenland; and the Little Ice Age, a stretch of abnormally frigid weather lasting roughly from 1450 to 1850. A Crucial Question
“We can now see that these were global climate phenomena, not regional temperature variations,” she said. “The question is, how did we get those warmer temperatures during pre-industrial times, and what can we learn from those conditions about what is going on today?”
Warming? Tree Rings Say Not Yet – The New York Times
Duration and severity of Medieval drought in the Lake Tahoe Basin – ScienceDirect
EXCEPTIONAL YEARS: A HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA FLOODS AND DROUGHT
Graphic: California’s droughts in the past 1,200 years – The Mercury News
16 Jun 1994, 3 – The Fresno Bee at Newspapers.com
I spent the winter of 2005 in California. It was the wettest winter on record in Southern California.
11 Jan 2005, 4 – The Capital Times at Newspapers.com
Mudslide Buries Houses, Kills 3 in Ventura County – Los Angeles Times
11 Jan 2005, Page 1 – The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com
23 Feb 2005, 7 – Ventura County Star at Newspapers.com
01 Mar 2005, Page 92 – The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com
Five years ago was the wettest winter on record in Northern California.
NWS: Northern California now on pace for ‘wettest water year on record’ – SFGate
Will Squaw Valley ski resort be open all summer?
California has been having fantastic skiing
Squaw Valley Snowfall Tracker | Squaw Alpine
We had our largest snowstorm on record last March.
Wolf Creek Snow Report – Wolf Creek Ski Area – ColoradoWolf Creek Ski Area – Colorado
