Following perfection: a summary of the 2024 water year

After a record to near-record water year in 2023, how would the 2024 water year compare? Would 2024 mark a return to wetter conditions or a slide back into drought that has plagued the region for decades? In this webinar, WWA Research Scientist Seth Arens summarizes weather conditions from fall and winter and provides insight into how the remainder of the water year may unfold. El Niño conditions prevailed throughout winter 2024 and temperature and snowpack conditions were generally consistent with expectations for a year with strong El Niño conditions.