Climate change is raising the odds and severity of precipitation extremes — both heavy rain and snow as well as prolonged and severe dry spells.
A map of the contiguous U.S. showing winter 2022-23 precipitation anomalies from the 1991-2020 average. Data: NOAA; Map: Axios Visuals
Much of California and the midwestern United States just had some of the wettest winter weather on record, perThe opposite was true in the Pacific Northwest and in parts of Texas and Florida, which were significantly drier than average.
Much of California's precipitation lately has been driven by atmospheric rivers — "long, narrow highways of moisture, typically located at about 10,000 to 15,000 feet above the surface," as
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