In wondering why the LA wildfires had worse outcomes than say those in Wisconsin, Mr. Bruce Hall makes this assertion.
This might be true today, but over time it isn’t. Once again, referring to data, I examine the PDSI for California Division 6 (LA), and Wisconsin Division 8 (Madison).
Figure 1: California Div 6 minus Wisconsin Div 8 PDSI (blue), and quadratic fit (red). Source: NOAA and author’s calculations.
So, since about…1968, or so, Madison has been drier than LA…