Some of the rainiest weeks since the Gold Rush left the state and the Bay Area drenched, but didn’t technically end California’s drought.
Here’s what to know about how the state decides what’s a drought and what’s not.
The Golden State is, of course, no stranger to droughts: we’ve been living through them for most of the last decade. They can mean big wildfires, bad growing conditions for farmers, and water restrictions.
Three Kinds of Drought
Droughts can be measured in a lot of different ways, but there are three basic kinds of drought that scientists look at.
A meteorological drought means a lack of rainfall. In this