Hydroclimate Report Water Year 2017

Water year (WY) 2017 began with lingering impacts from a severe and prolonged drought mitigated slightly by the previous WY. Expectations were uncertain for the WY with the potential for a weak La Nina event taking shape in the eastern tropical Pacific. Dry weather, cold storms or warm storms are all possible in this circulation pattern. No one foresaw the epic year that was about to unfold.