Continuing drought is bad news for upcoming fire season
This year has started off as the driest in recorded memory across most of Northern California, including Humboldt County. That spells bad news for water availability and the upcoming fire season. The Eureka area has only accumulated 8 inches of precipitation since the beginning of the year; the area has usually accumulated 21 inches by this point in the year. The last time the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recorded precipitation levels that low in Eureka it was 1923.