Monday Top of the Scroll: Precipitation since Oct. 1 tops previous full ‘water year’ in California
More precipitation has fallen on California during its current “water year” than in the full prior 12-month span, the National Weather Service says. The downpours and mountain storms of recent weeks have helped boost the state’s precipitation volume to 33.9 trillion gallons thus far for the water year that began Oct. 1, compared to the previous water year’s 33.6 trillion gallons, the service said Sunday. Lake Tahoe by comparison contains roughly 40 trillion gallons. The water year refers to 12 months of precipitation that falls starting Oct. 1, through Sept. 30.
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