California's Unusual December Wildfires

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December Wildfires Are Now a Thing

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In Southern California , December wildfires are somewhat uncommon but not completely out of the norm.

This year , extremely dry conditions and strong Santa Ana winds created the perfect recipe for dangerous late-year fires.

It still hasn’t rained—not since the Mountain Fire , nor throughout the entire fall.

Climate change projections suggest Southern California’s wet season will narrow, and its rainy season will arrive later.

Six wildfires sparked in four days , burning nearly a quarter-million acres in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. The Thomas Fire —at the time the state’s largest wildfire—burned over 280,000 acres and raged into the winter . The later the rains start, the more likely wind events will produce extreme fire risk well into December . “We do expect to see that more in a warming climate and with greater intensity in terms of the dryness,” Swain said..