California is in a record drought of the kind that hasn't been seen in at least 1,200 years, by one measure.
Now the National Weather Service in Phoenix has come up with a new way of wrapping your head around the magnitude and scope of California's drought. Meteorologists there created a graphic showing that since October 2011, most of the state has now missed out on a year's worth of rainfall.
Some places are even missing two years' worth.
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The drought has prompted the governor to issue the state's first-ever mandatory water restrictions statewide, although critics have pointed out that the state is largely exempting agricultural users from significant cuts in their water use.