Wow - when I posted this - this was not the discussion that I thought this alarming article would spur.
I assume you are referring to this statement in the article: "The rise of massive wildfires in the state over the last several years has been exacerbated by climate change. Droughts have become more frequent as temperatures rise. The Los Angeles area has had no meaningful rain for many months, despite the fact that winter is usually the rainy season. "
Question, when you posted your link - dd you think that it made the point that there is no drought in the past or that the droughts have made things worse?
My read of your chart is that before 1960 they never got less than 5 inches of rain a year. But including that year four times they have received less than 5 inches in a year. Your chart also seems to stop at the 2023/2024 year.
Your
same almanac
[if you were to dig into it] would show that in Oct of 2024 - LA usually gets ".58 inches of rain and got "0.0" - Novemeber usually sees ".78" inches of rain and only got ".14" and then in December they usually get "2.48" inces and got ".02". [Jan 25 shows nothing, but its unclear what that means.] Basically That means that the "Season Normal to Date" amount could be "3.99" inches and they only have ".16" inches a variance of 3.83 inches.
Perhaps I am not reading these numbers correctly?