So how does 2015 compare with the warmest year on record (last year). Hat tip to Sou at Hot Whopper for this. (FYI: AUG. was second hottest on record behind last year (.01C difference).

and this info map from NWS Fresno on the biggest fire in California history:

How dry is it? New paper in Nature Climate Change shows this is the lowest snow pack in the Sierra in 500 YEARS.