El Nino Could Be One of Strongest in Past 50 Years, If the next big El Niño is anything like the last big El Niño, the Palm Springs area can expect a long, wet, cold — and welcome — winter.
However, even the largest El Niño couldn't erase California's epic drought, so don't go turning your lawn sprinklers back on quite yet.
Meteorologists are watching a potentially historic El Niño event brewing in the Pacific, with the potential to rival the 1997-1998 event that brought heavy rainfall to California.
Locally, that was a winter of weird weather. It brought a 70% boost in rainfall between December and February, and unusually cold temperatures that started early in October and lasted through late May. The Coachella Valley was also narrowly missed by a tropical storm in September, snow flurries fell in March and a freak snowstorm blanketed the Mount San Jacinto in white in mid-May.
However, even the largest El Niño couldn't erase California's epic drought, so don't go turning your lawn sprinklers back on quite yet.
Meteorologists are watching a potentially historic El Niño event brewing in the Pacific, with the potential to rival the 1997-1998 event that brought heavy rainfall to California.
Locally, that was a winter of weird weather. It brought a 70% boost in rainfall between December and February, and unusually cold temperatures that started early in October and lasted through late May. The Coachella Valley was also narrowly missed by a tropical storm in September, snow flurries fell in March and a freak snowstorm blanketed the Mount San Jacinto in white in mid-May.
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