So much can happen in one year, which is one of the reasons we produce an annual Almanac issue of Weatherwise. Those of us in the West have experienced the dramatic turns of fortune afforded by weather events in spades in the last year. In early 2016, as we put together the 2015 annual Almanac, we were still suffering through one of the worst droughts in California's history, with no end in sight and little hope that El Nino would produce the hoped-for rains that the state needed so much. Indeed, the state's poor fortune, rainwise, continued through the end of the year, and the lack of rainfall is one of the top headlines for this issue's 2016 Almanac. The year ended with the entire state still in a severe state of drought.
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