However, Newark would still need a lot of rain and snow between now and the end of the year to hit its all-time annual record of 69.91 inches, set in 2011.

The U.S. Drought Monitor also moved nearly all of California out of its worst two categories — exceptional and extreme drought — this year for the first time since 2020.

This is good for 1st place in the all-time rain rankings for Saginaw, going back to 1912. It just barely beat what’s now 2nd place at 6.83″, a 73-year old record set back in 1950!