Is 2027 a superbloom year?
Waiting on the rain year
Nobody knows yet. The 2026–27 rain year opens on October 1, and what falls between then and February is what decides the spring of 2027 — so this page has a season to watch before it has an answer.
This page moves with the season. It last changed August 26.
The rain that decides it: 2026–27
The 2026–27 rain year opens on October 1. Once the storms start landing, each desert's total to date appears here beside the mark a big spring has historically needed — and until then there is nothing to read, which is itself the honest answer to the question in the heading above.
Before you drive
The rain gauge is the reason to keep watching; the rangers are the reason to get in the car. Every one of these parks posts its own bloom status, and none of them calls a superbloom until the flowers are up.
- Death Valley — the National Park Service keeps the park's own wildflower page — where the bloom stands, elevation by elevation, and the short list of springs it counts as superblooms.
- Anza-Borrego — California State Parks keeps the park's dated wildflower updates, posted through the season.
- Antelope Valley — California State Parks keeps the reserve's park page — season dates, visitor center hours, and the number the reserve answers bloom questions on.
- Carrizo Plain — the Bureau of Land Management keeps the monument's visitor page — roads, seasons, and what is open.