Interior northern California is still experiencing widespread drought. No changes were made to drought severity levels for the month of June.
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 STO wrote it up.
Interior northern California is still experiencing widespread drought. No changes were made to drought severity levels for the month of June. Much of the region remains in severe to extreme drought with the southern portions of the region in exceptional drought. Many local and regional, as well as state-wide restrictions continue. Agricultural surface water deliveries are significantly reduced. The state-wide drought declaration by governor Gavin Newsom also continues. Mandatory water restrictions are in place on outdoor water use for all Californians with possible fines to violators. Agriculture and most of the state’s energy development are water-intensive industries and less water will mean communities across California are going to suffer this year during the drought.
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 Sacramento, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 31, 1:58 PM PST, 10 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Sacramento CA 258 PM PDT Tue May 31 2022 .Synopsis... Dry and breezy northerly winds today. Lighter winds with warm and dry conditions tomorrow. Cooling trend mid to late week with widespread showers chances returning this weekend. && .Discussion... Dry and breezy conditions with clear skies are being observed across the Northern California this afternoon. Breeziest locations have generally been in the Valley with gusts mainly in the 20 to 30 mph range out of the north. Breezy winds are forecast to decrease later this evening with an increase in onshore flow through the Delta anticipated tonight. Ensemble guidance is in good agreement ridging will build over the region tomorrow leading to slightly warmer weather than what we are seeing today with highs in the low to mid 90s for much of the Valley. Areas of moderate heat risk are forecast in the Valley tomorrow with more localized areas of moderate heat risk in the Sacramento Valley on Thursday. Ridging shifts eastward mid to late week as a broad area of low pressure in the Gulf of Alaska edges closer to the West Coast. A short wave is forecast to pass to our north late Wednesday into Thursday. This will help to increase humidity values due to increased onshore flow and will also cool temperatures over Northern California. A few showers may be possible for Shasta County with thunderstorms possible mainly north of Shasta county on Thursday. By late Friday and into the weekend, troughing approaching the West Coast will lead to further cooling and the potential for showers over the region. Best chances for more widespread showers look to be later in the week/early next week. See the extended forecast discussion for more. && .EXTENDED DISCUSSION (Saturday THROUGH Tuesday)... Cluster analysis has decent confidence for a relatively cool, unsettled weekend. A cool shortwave trough originating from the Gulf of Alaska will be bringing this pattern change. High temperatures are expected to be near normal Friday then 5 to 15 degrees on Saturday and Sunday. NBM forecast highs Saturday are generally in the mid to upper 70s, though there is still some uncertainty in this. Precipitation is possible across the area, but most rain is expected to be generally light and north of Interstate 80. Early rainfall estimates from the WPC suggest Local amounts up to an inch continue to look possible over the mountains of Shasta County. The northern and central Sacramento Valley could see a quarter to a half inch of rain, while amounts south of I-80 could be just a few hundredths of an inch. Snow levels around 9-10 thousand feet will be too high for any travel impacts or recreation impacts, except perhaps Lassen Peak. Positive effects of this system could be a period of diminished fire concerns. Ridging is forecast to return early next week as the cool upper shifts back northward resulting in warming and drying. Temperatures return to around normal Monday, then warm further on Tuesday. EK && .AVIATION... VFR conditions expected the next 24 hours. Northerly surface winds could gust up to 15-25 kts for Central Valley through 01z, then generally 12kt or less overnight. EK && .STO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Red Flag Warning until 8 PM PDT this evening for Carquinez Strait and Delta-Central Sacramento Valley in Glenn, Colusa, Yuba, Northern Sutter, and Butte County Below 1000 Ft-Eastern Mendocino NF-Eastern Portion of Shasta/Trinity NF-Northern Sacramento Valley to Southern Tehama County Line Below 1000 Ft- Northern San Joaquin Valley in San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties Below 1000 ft-Northern Sierra Foothills from 1000 to 3000 Ft. Includes portions of Shasta-Trinity and Butte Units- Southeast Edge Shasta-Trinity NF and Western Portions of Tehama- Glenn Unit-Southern Sacramento Valley in Yolo-Sacramento Far Western Placer, southern Sutter and Solano County Below 1000 Ft. &&
12 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
For the month of June, the U.S. Drought Monitor kept all of Zone 13 in extreme drought (D3). The zone saw drought impacts continue due to the below average precipitation for the water year at around 60% of average. Drought impacts include but are not limited too: agriculture, water supplies, recreation, and ecosystems.
For the month of June, the U.S. Drought Monitor kept approximately the western half of Zone 14 in extreme drought (D3) with the remainder of the zone in severe drought (D2). The zone saw drought impacts continue due to the below average precipitation for the water year at around 60-85% of average. Drought impacts include but are not limited too: agriculture, water supplies, recreation, and ecosystems.
For the month of June, the U.S. Drought Monitor kept all of Zone 15 in extreme drought (D3). The zone saw drought impacts continue due to the below average precipitation for the water year at around 50-60% of average. Water storage levels at Lake Shasta continued to be below average for the month of June. Drought impacts include but are not limited too: agriculture, water supplies, recreation, and ecosystems. Drought impacts to the region include; little to no allocation of water from irrigation districts to agriculture, reduced rangeland forage without alternative forage, hay prices at record levels, cattle being sold, including calves that are typically sold in late Fall, earlier onset of irrigation, increased fire danger, as well as increasing reports of dry wells. The local economy continues to be significantly impacted.
For the month of June, the U.S. Drought Monitor kept all of Zone 16 in extreme drought (D3). The zone saw drought impacts continue due to the below average precipitation for the water year at around 50-75% of average. Water storage at Lake Oroville continued to be below average for the month of June. Drought impacts include but are not limited too: agriculture, water supplies, recreation, and ecosystems. Drought impacts to the region include; little to no allocation of water from irrigation districts to agriculture, reduced rangeland forage without alternative forage, hay prices at record levels, cattle being sold, including calves that are typically sold in late Fall, earlier onset of irrigation, increased fire danger, as well as increasing reports of dry wells. The local economy continues to be significantly impacted.
For the month of June, the U.S. Drought Monitor kept the majority of Zone 17 in extreme drought (D3). The zone saw drought impacts continue due to the below average precipitation for the water year at around 70-90% of average. Drought impacts include but are not limited too: agriculture, water supplies, recreation, and ecosystems. Some of the impacts the region saw included; reduced forage, decreased stock weights, livestock stress, selling of livestock, decrease in water allocation, increased reports of dry wells including domestic wells, hauling of water, and plans to fallow large areas of cropland.
For the month of June, the U.S. Drought Monitor kept the eastern portion of Zone 18 in extreme drought (D3) with the remainder of the zone in severe drought (D2). The zone saw drought impacts continue due to the below average precipitation for the water year at around 70-85% of average. Some of the impacts the region saw included; reduced forage, decreased stock weights, livestock stress, selling of livestock, decrease in water allocation, earlier onset of irrigation, increased reports of dry wells including domestic wells, hauling of water, and plans to fallow large areas of cropland.
For the month of June, the U.S. Drought Monitor kept the majority of Zone 19 in extreme drought (D3) with the far western border of the zone remaining in severe drought (D2). The zone saw drought impacts continue due to the below average precipitation for the water year at around 60-85% of average. Drought impacts include but are not limited too: agriculture, water supplies, recreation, and ecosystems.
For the month of June, the U.S. Drought Monitor kept the majority of Zone 63 in extreme drought (D3) with the far western border of the zone remaining in severe drought (D2). The zone saw drought impacts continue due to the below average precipitation for the water year at around 45-65% of average. Drought impacts to the region include; little to no allocation of water from irrigation districts to agriculture, reduced rangeland forage without alternative forage, hay prices at record levels, cattle being sold, including calves that are typically sold in late Fall, earlier onset of irrigation, increased fire danger, as well as increasing reports of dry wells. The local economy continues to be impacted.
For the month of June, the U.S. Drought Monitor kept the the northern and western portions of Zone 66 in extreme drought (D3) with the remainder of the zone in severe drought (D2). The zone saw drought impacts continue due to the below average precipitation for the water year at around 60-80% of average. Drought impacts to the region include; little to no allocation of water from irrigation districts to agriculture, reduced rangeland forage without alternative forage, hay prices at record levels, cattle being sold, including calves that are typically sold in late Fall, as well as increasing reports of dry wells. The local economy continues to be impacted.
For the month of June, the U.S. Drought Monitor kept the southern portion of Zone 67 in Calaveras and Tuolumne counties in exceptional drought (D4), and severe drought (D2) in the far northeastern portion of the zone as well as the remainder of the zone in extreme drought (D3). The zone saw drought impacts continue due to the below average precipitation for the water year at around 60-90% of average. Drought impacts include but are not limited too: agriculture, water supplies, recreation, and ecosystems.
For the month of June, the U.S. Drought Monitor kept the far northwestern portion of Zone 68 in extreme drought (D3) and the remainder of the zone in severe drought (D2). The zone saw drought impacts continue due to the below average precipitation for the water year at around 60-90% of average. Drought impacts include but are not limited too: agriculture, water supplies, recreation, and ecosystems.
For the month of June, the U.S. Drought Monitor kept the southern portion of Zone 69 in Calaveras and Tuolumne counties in exceptional drought (D4), with a large region in the southwestern portion of the zone in extreme drought (D3) and the remainder of the zone in severe drought (D2). The zone saw drought impacts continue due to the below average precipitation for the water year at around 70-95% of average. Drought impacts include but are not limited too: agriculture, water supplies, recreation, and ecosystems.
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, June 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: 1035204, 1035205, 1035206, 1035207, 1035208, 1035209, 1035210, 1035211, 1035212, 1035213, 1035214, 1035215.