Watch: Maps show how California shifted from severe drought to abundant rain

California has been on a roller coaster ride of extreme weather in recent years.

Six years ago, in January 2020, none of the state was classified as being in a drought. Just 3% — a tiny sliver in Modoc and Siskiyou counties near the Oregon border — was rated as “abnormally dry,” according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, a weekly report put out by the NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; the U.S. Department of Agriculture; and the University of Nebraska.

Then the rain and snow largely shut off for three years.