In the last decade, California weather has become synonymous with drought — and nearly a year ago, officials say drought conditions were only getting worse. Indeed, in 2022 California experienced its driest January, February, and March in over 100 years, following a fortuitously wet December.
One year later, the situation couldn't be more different. The year 2023 began with a series of "atmospheric river" storms which, alone, were already historic. In February, typically when spring looms in California, rare low-level snow hit areas like the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles County as another series of massive storms passed through the state.
