I don’t think we can in any way declare that CA’s drought is over, but things are tending the right direction. My last analysis on this showed we were at 42% of “Average” at the end of August, and as of Oct. 31, we are at:
TOTAL
Capacity (in 1,000’s of AF) – 91898.3
Historical Avg. (1,000AF) – 61416.5
2014 Level (1,000AF) – 36477.7
2015 Level (1,000AF) – 35703.7
That puts us at: 35703.7 / 61416.5 = 58% of avg.
DEFINITELY moving in the right direction!
Praise God!
Source for data, monthly report:
Confessions of a Jesus Freak 
Update – as of end of Nov. (numbers released 12/14/2015), the numbers show the California Reservoir System is still at 58% of “Average” Capacity. That number is actually 38% of TOTAL Capacity. The numbers:
Total Capacity: 91898.3
Historical Avg.: 61405.7
2014 Level: 36152.9
2015 Level: 35362.0
% Avg. Capacity 58
% Total Capacity: 38
Latest Res. figures for Dec. 31, 2015 are out.
TOTAL Capacity: 92211.3
Historical Avg.: 62133.7
2014 Level: 39329.3
2015 Level: 36185.2
% Avg Capacity: 58
% Total Capacity: 39
Note that while average stayed the same (holding at 58%) we did increase to 39% of Total Capacity which means we actually are on an increasing trend!
Update – End of Feb. Missed Jan. sorry… We are on the right track as of 2/29/2016 though!
TOTAL Capacity: 92211.3
Historical Avg. 64934.7
2014 Level: 42225.0
2015 Level: 41722.6
% Avg. Capacity: 64
% Total Capacity: 45
Esp. note how the Historical Avg. changes from month to month. When our “Above normal” snowpack starts to melt (I believe it’s still above anyhow), we should see the % Avg. Capacity number increase even though the Historical Avg. continues to increase through the spring months.
As of today, also, the daily numbers (which are only for selected reservoirs, not all) show that we are at 86% of avg.!!! It also shows that 24 of the reservoirs on the daily listing are above average, some being close to 200% of avg.!
Link for the daily “Selected” reservoir status:
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/reservoirs/RES