CALIFORNIA, USA — Wet weather Tuesday brought Downtown Sacramento 0.34” of rain with other valley and foothill spots recording over a half inch of rain. Now that we’re halfway through the month and just days away from the start of spring, will March remain a relatively dry month?
So far, the month of March is already beating some of the driest Marches on record dating back to 1856. The driest year was in 1956 with 0.03” of rain. Climatologically, the driest years range from the late 1800s to mid-1990s. More recently, 2008 saw 0.12” of rain and 2015 recorded 0.16”.
If we were to get absolutely no more rain in Downtown Sacramento for the rest of March, we would be tied for the 12th driest year on record, tying March 1932 with 0.34”.
Luckily, California is forecast to get some decent showers Saturday, March 19. The last winter storm of the season will squeeze by just before the Spring Equinox.
Forecast estimates put the rain accumulation range from .25" to .50” of rain. Even if we saw the most rain out of this system, the total accumulation would only be about .84”. That puts us well below the average rainfall of 2.59” for the month of March.
It looks as though the last few weeks of considerable rain left, won’t get California out of its drought situation for 2022.
We're not the driest, but we would still need about 12 inches of snow water equivalent from out snow pack and rain to get our reservoirs to average for the year.
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