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It's Warm. And Dry.
Feb. 28th, 2026 04:40 pmIt's been warm here the past few days. On Friday the weather app said it reached 78° in Sunnyvale, though I measured 81° (27 C) when I was out just after 2pm. Today it's warm again with a reading of 79°.
I wish I could say I've done something special with the warm weather but... I haven't. Other than enjoy it. Today I even dressed in shorts and a short-sleeved shirt for the first time in over 4 months.
Along with being warm it has also been dry. We haven't seen rain in several days. And the 10 day forecast shows no rain in the near future... though the warm weather will subside as temperatures return closer to normal— normal being a still not-sucky 62° high at this time of year.
The possibility that this could be "it" for the rainy season this winter is a bit concerning. (Why is it concerning? It's concerning because the threat of DROUGHT looms over California and its 40 million residents nearly every year.) A recent report from the California Department of Water Resources says the Sierra snowpack is at just 66% of normal water equivalent for this time of the season. It's a mixed report, though, as some major reservoirs are over 100% right now. It seems like we'll be fine this year, drought-wise, even if there's no more rain/snow until next winter, but we'll have little buffer going into next year.
I wish I could say I've done something special with the warm weather but... I haven't. Other than enjoy it. Today I even dressed in shorts and a short-sleeved shirt for the first time in over 4 months.
Along with being warm it has also been dry. We haven't seen rain in several days. And the 10 day forecast shows no rain in the near future... though the warm weather will subside as temperatures return closer to normal— normal being a still not-sucky 62° high at this time of year.
The possibility that this could be "it" for the rainy season this winter is a bit concerning. (Why is it concerning? It's concerning because the threat of DROUGHT looms over California and its 40 million residents nearly every year.) A recent report from the California Department of Water Resources says the Sierra snowpack is at just 66% of normal water equivalent for this time of the season. It's a mixed report, though, as some major reservoirs are over 100% right now. It seems like we'll be fine this year, drought-wise, even if there's no more rain/snow until next winter, but we'll have little buffer going into next year.
