La Niña, a Pacific cooling pattern, has emerged for the fifth time in six years, threatening California with drought and disrupting global weather. Recent La Niña events have caused $258 billion to ...

California is poised to see its lowest use of Lake Mead water in 75 years this year, a milestone achieved through sweeping ...

Null, a former lead forecaster with the National Weather Service who compiled much of the data, noted that on average the Bay ...

San Francisco has endured 18 days without rain since November 20, as a massive high-pressure dome over the northeastern ...

December 8, 2025 - National Integrated Drought Information System officals say wet start to California water year improves drought, but snowpack lags.

In Northern California, a "snow drought" leaves ski resorts with limited snow, surprising visitors, while warmer temperatures ...

More than 80 percent of California is no longer in drought after a series of winter storms, including last week's hourslong soaker in Southern California. About 17 percent of the state remains in ...

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a spray-on polymer coating that could help plants resist ...

Major storms that drenched California in recent weeks have dramatically improved drought conditions statewide. “In the West, heavy rain and snow was widespread, especially in parts of southern Nevada, ...

Everyone in Southern California knows La Niña winters are typically dry. Yet this year has seen an unusual, surprisingly wet ...