Rainfall was slightly below normal across much of the area in April. This did not improve the long term precipitation deficit from the previous several months.
Every event with a place to put it; 40 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS HNX wrote it up.
Rainfall was slightly below normal across much of the area in April. This did not improve the long term precipitation deficit from the previous several months. As a result, nearly all of the central California Interior remained in an extreme drought at the end of April, 2022. As of April, 2022, most of the impacted area has received less than 40% of normal precipitation since July 1, 2020.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Hanford, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 31, 11:44 PM PST, 16 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Hanford CA 1244 AM PDT Fri Apr 1 2022 .SYNOPSIS... A warming trend is expected today and Saturday. By Saturday afternoon, high temperatures will be around ten degrees above normal for this time of the year. Gusty winds are possible in a portion of the Kern County mountains and desert both Sunday and Monday. Temperatures will trend upward next week. Near record heat is likely in the San Joaquin Valley Thursday and Friday. && .DISCUSSION... A ridge of high pressure will move eastward through the Western United States today and tonight. A trough of low pressure will progress eastward across the Pacific Northwest Saturday. A warming trend is anticipated today and Saturday. Maximum temperatures this afternoon will be around ten degrees warmer than yesterday afternoon. High temperatures Saturday afternoon will be two to four degrees warmer than this afternoon. Maximum temperatures Saturday afternoon will be around degrees above their typical values for the beginning of April. A trough of low pressure will deepen as it moves across California Sunday and into the Great Basin Sunday night. Zonal flow aloft is expected Monday. A downward temperature trend is anticipated Sunday and Monday. Be that as it may, temperatures will remain above seasonal values. Strong, gusty winds are possible in a portion of the Kern County mountains and desert both Sunday afternoon and Sunday night, and again Monday afternoon and Monday night. A ridge of high pressure will move eastward over the Eastern Pacific Ocean Tuesday and Tuesday night. This ridge of high pressure will park itself over California Wednesday through Thursday night, before progressing eastward Friday. A warming trend is expected Tuesday and Wednesday. High temperatures Tuesday afternoon will be a couple of degrees warmer than Monday afternoon. Maximum temperatures Wednesday afternoon will be around five degrees warmer than Tuesday afternoon. High temperatures Wednesday afternoon will be twelve to fourteen degrees above normal for this time of year. Maximum temperatures in the San Joaquin Valley Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon will be in the lower 90s, which is around twenty degrees above their typical values for the first half of April. Record heat is likely in Merced (82% probability), Madera (80% probability), Hanford (73% probability), and Fresno (62% probability) Thursday afternoon. Record heat is possible in Bakersfield (31% probability) Thursday afternoon. Record heat is likely in Merced (70% probability), Madera (68% probability), Hanford (66% probability), and Fresno (52% probability) Friday afternoon. Record heat is possible in Bakersfield (28% probability) Friday afternoon. && .AVIATION... VFR conditions will prevail across Central California through at least the next 24 hours. && .AIR QUALITY ISSUES... None. && .CERTAINTY... The level of certainty for days 1 and 2 is high. The level of certainty for days 3 through 7 is high. Certainty levels include low, medium, and high. Please visit www.weather.gov/hnx/certainty.html for additional information and/or to provide feedback. && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && BS weather.gov/hanford
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
40 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The West Side Mountains north of Highway 198 were classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Los Banos and Dos Palos areas were classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Merced, Madera and Mendota areas were classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Planada, Legrand and Snelling areas were classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Coalinga and Avenal areas were classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The West Side of Fresno and Kings Counties were classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Caruthers, San Joaquin and Selma areas were classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Fresno and Clovis areas were classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The West Side Mountains south of Highway 198 were classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Buttonwillow and Lost Hills areas were classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Delano, Wasco and Shafter areas were classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Hanford, Corcoran and Lemoore areas were classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Visalia, Porterville and Reedley areas were classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Buena Vista area was classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Bakersfield area was classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Southeast San Joaquin Valley was classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The South End of the San Joaquin Valley was classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Mariposa and Madera County Foothills were classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Mariposa and Madera County Lower Sierra were classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Fresno and Tulare County Foothills were classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Fresno and Tulare County Lower Sierra were classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The South End Sierra Foothills were classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The South End of the Lower Sierra was classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
Yosemite National Park outside of the valley was classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Yosemite Valley was classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The San Joaquin River Canyon was classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Upper San Joaquin River area was classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge area was classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
Kings Canyon National Park was classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Grant Grove area was classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
Sequoia National Park was classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The South End of the Upper Sierra was classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Kern River Valley was classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Piute and Walker Pass areas were classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Tehachapi area was classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Grapevine area was classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Frazier Mountain Communities were classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Indian Wells Valley was classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Mojave Desert Slopes were classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Mojave Desert was classified as being in a extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in California, April 2022
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1012196, 1012197, 1012198, 1012199, 1012200, 1012201, 1012202, 1012203, 1012204, 1012205, 1012206, 1012207, 1012208, 1012209, 1012210, 1012211, 1012212, 1012213, 1012214, 1012215, 1012216, 1012217, 1012218, 1012219, 1012220, 1012221, 1012222, 1012223, 1012224, 1012225, 1012226, 1012227, 1012228, 1012229, 1012230, 1012232, 1012233, 1012234, 1012235, 1012236.