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Will El Niño Make a Difference? Maybe Not, July 2015

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Western Regional Climate Center, California Department of Water Resources
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Outlooks
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How different El Niños have affected California at different times, and their relative strengths. A strong El Niño can result in a continuing drought year like water year 1992, an average year like 1973, or a wet year like 1983, so there is not a certain cause and effect relationship between precipitation and El Niño. 

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first page of two-page outlook on El Niño and its effects
State(s)
California
DEWS Region(s)
California Nevada
Climate Region(s)
Western Climate Region