The WunderBlog has an excellent retrospective of the last several years of the drought in California and how the last very wet season has knocked out the drought in a lot of the state. But they do note that even with all of the rain, it will take a long time for the aquifers to fill up, since they have been severely drained by agricultural producers trying to keep their crops going in the absence of irrigation water these last few years. You can read the story at https://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/california-precipitation-from-famine-to-feast?__prclt=Y169Lczs.
