The West's historic, multi-year drought is threatening water supply, food production and electricity generation. It has drained reservoirs at incredible rates and fueled one of the most extreme wildfire seasons the region has ever experienced.
In California, drought conditions this summer were the most extreme in the entire 126-year record -- a clear sign of the role climate change plays in the perilous decline of the state's water resources. Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that drought months are becoming the new normal, with rainy months becoming fewer and farther between.
It is used widely by scientists and researchers and is and a key factor that informs the weekly report of the US Drought Monitor.On the PDSI scale, anything below -4.0 is considered"extreme drought." California's PDSI this summer ranged from -6.7 in June to -7.07 in July. Drought conditions in California this summer were the worst on recordThis summer tied the Dust Bowl summer in 1936 for the hottest on record in the US.
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