Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Rainfall and reservoirs: where we stand

Here are the May and seasonal rainfall totals and comparisons to normal for Redding and other selected California cities, according to the National Weather Service. Totals are as of May 31:

Redding: Month to date 0.05 inches (normal 1.85 inches); season to date 22.8 inches (normal 33.93 inches)
Eureka: Month to date 0.77 inches (normal 1.78 inches); season to date 38.81 inches (normal 39.58 inches)
Sacramento: Month to date trace inches (normal 0.68 inches); season to date 12.18 inches (normal 18.31 inches)
Modesto: Month to date 0.19 inches (normal 0.63 inches); season to date 8.63 inches (normal 12.99 inches)
Salinas: Month to date 0 inches (normal 0.01 inches); season to date 10.26 inches (normal 12.75 inches)
Fresno: Month to date 0 inches (normal 0.43 inches); season to date 8.15 inches (normal 11.29 inches)

Here are the percentages of capacity for Shasta Lake and other California reservoirs as of Tuesday, June 5, according to the Department of Water Resources' California Data Exchange Center:

Trinity Lake: 95 percent
Shasta Lake: 94 percent
Lake Oroville: 99 percent
New Bullards Bar Reservoir: 98 percent
Folsom Lake: 95 percent
New Melones Reservoir: 76 percent
Lake McClure: 75 percent
Millerton Lake: 84 percent
Pine Flat Reservoir: 79 percent
Lake Isabella: 37 percent
San Luis Reservoir: 62 percent

Look for my May weather story at CapitalPress.com soon.

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