https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/01/california-has-topped-last-seasons-rainfall-will-trend-continue-in-2022/

California begins the new year in much better shape for escaping its drought thanks to a massive October atmospheric river and wet December that delivered more rain and snow so far than the state saw in all of its last paltry precipitation season.

But this season’s hardly over, and California needs the skies to keep delivering.