Drizzle spoiled your Easter egg hunt. You stepped in puddles on your way to work on Thursday. And the petals fell off your drenched camellias. So, have we finally gotten enough rain?
Longtime Californians shake our heads at such questions. We know that it's all about the snow pack, which hasn't been good enough this year.
Actually, the situation is not bad, said Jan Null, a meteorologist at Golden Gate Weather Services.
Think back to November and December. A lot of water fell on the state in those months. And they followed two seasons in which precipitation was above normal: 2010-2011 was 128 percent of normal, and 2011-2012 was at 107 percent.
Then came this year. January, February and March were dry — the driest in records going back to the Gold Rush, said Null.