Although a significant winter storm impacted central California between November 7 and November 9, the interior remained abnormally dry in November 2022 as most of the area had slightly below normal precipitation totals for the month. By the end of the month, nearly all of our area remained in an extreme or exceptional drought as most of our area has received less than a third of normal…
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.
Although a significant winter storm impacted central California between November 7 and November 9, the interior remained abnormally dry in November 2022 as most of the area had slightly below normal precipitation totals for the month. By the end of the month, nearly all of our area remained in an extreme or exceptional drought as most of our area has received less than a third 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 Oct 31, 2:25 PM PST, 9 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Hanford CA 325 PM PDT Mon Oct 31 2022 .UPDATE...Updated Air Quality Issues Section... && .SYNOPSIS...A storm will bring a significant cooling trend, breezy winds, and widespread rain and mountain snow late Tuesday and Wednesday. High temperatures in the San Joaquin Valley are expected in high 50s to low 60s on Wednesday and Thursday. Cold morning lows expected Friday morning with patchy morning frost possible. && .DISCUSSION...The first significant storm system will move into the region Tuesday. A Winter Storm Warning has been posted for the higher elevations of the central sierra starting Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday night. Lots of high cloud cover moving through central CA this afternoon due to a leading weak trough off the central coast. A trough approaches the Pacific NW tonight and into California Tuesday. Strong dynamics with an initial wave will increase gradients driving a cold front into central CA Tuesday afternoon. Ensembles are in good agreement as to the strength and positioning of the trough. Additional upper level energy will drive the low through SCal and bring a cold northerly flow across the state. The trough will be out of the CA Friday afternoon as a ridge briefly builds in from the EPac. The trough will bring snow and strong winds to the Sierra Nevada in addition to rain in the San Joaquin Valley. Higher resolution ensembles show gusty wind potential especially along the east side of the San Joaquin Valley so concern gusty winds may result in local blowing dust with decreasing air quality Tuesday afternoon. As the trough progresses southeasterly along the Sierra Nevada, Upslope NW flow and colder air it will bring a chance of a mix of rain and snow in the Kern County mountains on Wednesday and Thursday. Current ensembles have the rain starting for the North Central Valley Tuesday afternoon with Kern County later in the evening. The snow will start to come in early afternoon towards the high country of Yosemite in the Central Sierra Nevada. Snow levels will start 6-7kft and lower to 5kft Tuesday night. Storm snow totals expected 4-8 inches locally up to 10 inches above 6000 through Tuesday night. Chance of showers will continue Wednesday with a cold unstable airmass over the area. Snow level lowers to near 4500 feet bring the potential for snow at pass level. However precipitation amounts are expected to be mainly light. The threat of cold unstable showers continues Thursday mainly over the mountains. Frosty temperatures in the 30s will be possible in the San Joaquin valley Friday morning as a ridge starts building into California resulting in favorable radiational cooling conditions. && .AVIATION... VFR conditions will prevail across Central California for at least the next 24 hours. && .AIR QUALITY ISSUES...On Tuesday November 1 2022...Fireplace/Wood Stove Burning Status is: No Burning For All in Kings County. No Burning Unless Registered in Fresno and Kern Counties. Burning Discouraged in Madera... Merced and Tulare Counties... and Kern (Greater Frazier Park Area) and Sequoia National Park and Forest. && .CERTAINTY... The level of certainty for days 1 and 2 is medium. The level of certainty for days 3 through 7 is medium. Certainty levels include low...medium...and high. Please visit www.weather.gov/hnx/certainty.html for additional information an/or to provide feedback. && .HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Winter Storm Warning from 1 PM Tuesday to 11 PM PDT Wednesday for CAZ323-326-327. && public...MV aviation....JDB 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 an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Los Banos and Dos Palos areas were classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Merced, Madera and Mendota areas were classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Planada, Legrand and Snelling areas were classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Coalinga and Avenal areas were classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The West Side of Fresno and Kings Counties were classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Caruthers, San Joaquin and Selma areas were classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Fresno and Clovis areas were classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The West Side Mountains south of Highway 198 were classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Buttonwillow and Lost Hills areas were classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Delano, Wasco and Shafter areas were classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Hanford, Corcoran and Lemoore areas were classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Visalia, Porterville and Reedley areas were classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Buena Vista area was classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Bakersfield area was classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Southeast San Joaquin Valley was classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The South End of the San Joaquin Valley was classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Mariposa and Madera County Foothills were classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Mariposa and Madera County Lower Sierra were classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Fresno and Tulare County Foothills were classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Fresno and Tulare County Lower Sierra were classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The South End Sierra Foothills were classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The South End of the Lower Sierra was classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
Yosemite National Park outside of the valley was classified as being in an extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Yosemite Valley was classified as being in an extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The San Joaquin River Canyon was classified as being in an extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Upper San Joaquin River area was classified as being in an extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge area was classified as being in an extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
Kings Canyon National Park was classified as being in an extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Grant Grove area was classified as being in an extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Sequoia National Park was classified as being in an extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The South End of the Upper Sierra was classified as being in an extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Kern River Valley was classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Piute and Walker Pass areas were classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Tehachapi area was classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Grapevine area was classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Frazier Mountain Communities were classified as being in an exceptional drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Indian Wells Valley was classified as being in an extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Mojave Desert Slopes were classified as being in an extreme drought due to a long term precipitation deficit.
The Mojave Desert was classified as being in an 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, November 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: 1058718, 1058719, 1058720, 1058721, 1058722, 1058723, 1058724, 1058725, 1058726, 1058727, 1058728, 1058729, 1058730, 1058731, 1058732, 1058733, 1058734, 1058735, 1058736, 1058737, 1058738, 1058739, 1058740, 1058741, 1058742, 1058743, 1058744, 1058745, 1058746, 1058747, 1058748, 1058749, 1058750, 1058751, 1058752, 1058753, 1058754, 1058755, 1058756, 1058757.