… In 2024, Northern Nevada was under a blizzard warning in the spring and Southern Nevada shattered heat records in the summer. By fall, most of the state was in some level of drought — despite the 2024 water year wrapping up Sept. 30 with mostly normal numbers. Now, water scientists and wildfire experts are looking for signs of what 2025 might hold for the state but it’s largely still up in the air — according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center, the region has an equal chance of having above, near or below-normal precipitation in 2025.

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• Lake County News: U.S. Winter Outlook predicts warmer and drier South, wetter north
• Redding Record Searchlight: Storms in Pacific Northwest will bring rain, cooler weather to Stockton, snow to Sierra
• Los Angeles Times: Hot, dry and dusty: When the Santa Ana ‘devil winds’ blow, Southern California takes cover
• NBC 4 Los Angeles: Possible showers, strong wind gusts expected Monday across Southern California