March 2026
Region 6: Kern & Kings
Reservoirs
Within Region 6, we focus on Lake Success to evaluate reservoir performance. A snapshot of current storage conditions from the Department of Water Resources is included. And to the right, storage levels for the current water year (dark blue) are shown alongside analog years (2018–19 and 2024–25) for context.
Precipitation
CAP model output indicates that Region 6 will receive 87.5-107.5% of normal precipitation. For Region 6, 87.5-107.5% of normal equates to 12.35-15.17”.
The regional gauge below shows the CAP forecast lower and upper bounds (12.35-15.17”), the “normal” for Region 6, and the observed precipitation through March 9. After the month’s quiet start, late-February storms boosted water year totals. Region 6 recorded 3.58 inches for the month— the greatest accumulation so far this water year. This brings the region to 96.25% of its total water year accumulation through March 9. This represents an impressive gain of 25.36 percentage points since February 1.
PLEASE NOTE: Water-year averages and accumulations are calculated using the California–Nevada River Forecast Center (CNRFC) monthly precipitation observations, which provide station-level precipitation totals across valley floor, foothill, and mountain locations. These observations are sourced directly from the National Weather Service CNRFC precipitation monitoring dataset and are used to derive regional water-year accumulations and percentages of normal for each CAP region.
Kern & Kings
