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California Average Temperature
(January-December)
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° F ° C
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
* National Climatic Data Center,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Avg. Temperature
1901-2000 Avg.
With climate change, California temperatures keep rising. Each year since 2000 has been
warmer than the twentieth-century average.
U.S. Drought Monitor
Intensity
D0 Abnormally Dry
D1 Moderate Drought
D2 Severe Drought
U.S. drought conditions, D3 Extreme Drought
February 24, 2015. D4 Exceptional Drought
Map courtesy of NDMC-UNL.
The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
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