California has zero areas of dryness for 1st time in 25 years: Drought Monitor

This means if you're nether 25, you've ever been successful a satellite wherever California is either entering oregon recovering from drought.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Incredible quality for California's h2o proviso entering the caller twelvemonth - not a azygous quadrate mile of California is categorized arsenic adust for the archetypal clip successful 25 years, according to the latest US Drought Monitor.

Map of California's Drought Monitor showing dryness from North to South.

As of December 30, 2025, California is efficaciously retired of drought crossed astir the full state, wherever 0% of the state's full country is experiencing drought conditions, according to the California Drought Monitor connected CalMatters.

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Final storms successful December 2025 pulled astir 100% of the authorities retired of drought.

As of January 8, 2026, measurements showed virtually nary dryness remaining, marking an "exceptionally bedewed period" that has filled the state's reservoirs to a steadfast level.

This quality is the culmination of respective years of beardown rainfall.

The Golden State was archetypal declared drought-free successful years successful 2023 aft a wintertime deluge of storms and atmospheric rivers soaked the authorities successful November and improved forecasts for 2025.

Table of highlights for the latest Drought Monitor findings.

We person not had a akin script wherever determination was not a azygous adust spot connected that representation for California since December 2000.

This means if you're younger than 25, you've ever been surviving successful a satellite wherever California is either entering oregon recovering from drought.

Current systemwide reservoir capableness sees 7 of 12 large state-owned reservoirs astatine 75% oregon higher capacity.