Northern California’s wildfire threat dwindles. Here’s why
For the first time since the water year began on Oct. 1, measurable rain and snow fell across Northern California on Tuesday. Of course, this isn’t the first time the region has seen rain this fall season. Between Sept. 18 and 21, downtown Sacramento picked up nearly half an inch of rain. Some spots in the Foothills saw over an inch of rainfall during that same stretch. … September’s rain was a very short break in an otherwise relentless period of unusually warm weather. The month was officially downtown Sacramento’s warmest September on record with data going back to 1877. October got off to a blazing fast start as well until a long-awaited cool-down last week. … But as November begins, it appears as though the overall atmospheric pattern will shift to favor cooler and damper conditions in much of the U.S. West.
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