The state is seeing a sharp water divide this year, with lots of rain in the north while the south has stayed dry. A ...

Here's what the Old Farmer's Almanac spring 2025 forecast predicts for Northern and Southern California, and across the U.S.

Scientists at ClimaMeter said their research shows that climate change made Southern California several degrees hotter, 15 percent drier and 20 percent windier — creating the ideal conditions ...

Powerful Santa Ana winds fueled the rapid spread of the blazes. Climate change has likely contributed to the unprecedented wildfires that are raging through Southern California. Five wildfires ...

He put Southern California’s dryness into perspective using charts and maps. In early January ... to dip below normal in early January. The US Climate Prediction Center’s seasonal outlook ...

Global warming caused mainly by burning of fossil fuels made the hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the recent deadly fires around Los Angeles about 35 times more likely to occur, an ...

This local climate pattern is frequently referred to as a wet-dry cycle by meteorologists. “It has been really dry since April/May of 2024. Since that time, there hasn’t been a lot of rain in Southern ...

A group of UCLA climate scientists said in an analysis this week that if you break down the reasons behind the extreme dryness of vegetation in Southern California when the fires started ...

Jan. 10, 2025 “We’re in a whiplash event now, wet to dry, in Southern California,” said Daniel Swain, a UCLA climate scientist who led the research. “The evidence shows that hydroclimate ...

Nine wildfires are currently burning across Southern California as of Friday morning, five of which ignited yesterday.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- As wildfires continue to burn throughout Southern California, climate experts are highlighting the role climate change may be playing. Experts say the current conditions ...

Cooler, wet weather is forecast to bring moisture to the parched landscape and reduce the fire threat. But heavy rainfall could also trigger flash floods in burn scars.