How did California’s rainfall season measure up? Good, but not great

California's 2018-19 rainfall season ends Sunday with totals that were above normal but not extraordinary as you may have heard.

Sunday is the end of the 2018-19 rainfall season in California, and you may have heard that the season’s precipitation totals were extraordinary. The figures show that the season was good — above-normal — but not in the top 20% of wettest seasons.

Warmer weather is expected to return in July, especially in the second half of the month, and authorities warn that, notwithstanding the above-average precipitation for the 2018-19 season, . The winter rains promoted the growth of grass and weeds that will quickly become wildfire fuel as temperatures inevitably soar and fuel moisture drops.Sources: ggweather.com; Weather West; Bill Patzert, retired Jet Propulsion Laboratory climatologist

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