Following the driest January and February on record, the state saw a single inch of precipitation during the month of March, which was also 3.6 degrees warmer than average.

“We’re clearly in a third consecutive year of drought,” California Natural Resources Agency Deputy Communications Secretary Lisa Lien-Mager said Tuesday during a drought outlook briefing with state water officials. “Climate change is driving extreme weather and changing the patterns and amounts of rain and snowfall we get, which affects our ability to capture and distribute water.”

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