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Record Rainfall by Day of Year
Downtown Los Angeles
1877 - 2018
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Monthly Precipitation (Rainfall) by Season - Downtown Los Angeles
Record Wettest & Driest Seasons & Wettest Days - Downtown Los Angeles
Total Seasonal Rainfall by Season - Downtown Los Angeles
Day by Month, Measured in Inches
January
Date |
Record Rainfall |
Year |
1-January |
3.12 |
1934 |
2-January |
1.57 |
2006 |
3-January |
2.27 |
1888 |
4-January |
3.24 |
1995 |
5-January |
2.11 |
1979 |
6-January |
2.30 |
1993 |
7-January |
3.52 |
1974 |
8-January |
1.04 |
1950 |
9-January |
2.58 |
2005 |
10-January |
3.30 |
1995 |
11-January |
1.57 |
2001 |
12-January |
1.40 |
1952 |
13-January |
1.45 |
1993 |
14-January |
1.56 |
1978 |
15-January |
2.13 |
1952 |
16-January |
2.74 |
1973 |
17-January |
4.16 |
1916 |
18-January |
2.30 |
1914 |
19-January |
2.26 |
1933 |
20-January |
3.30 |
1969 |
21-January |
2.98 |
1909 |
22-January |
3.69 |
1967 |
23-January |
1.05 |
1995 |
24-January |
2.04 |
1969 |
25-January |
3.43 |
1969 |
26-January |
5.71 |
1956 |
27-January |
2.28 |
1916 |
28-January |
2.81 |
1915 |
29-January |
1.96 |
1922 |
30-January |
2.19 |
1893 |
31-January |
3.03 |
1926 |
February
Date |
Record Rainfall |
Year |
1-February |
2.26 |
1938 |
2-February |
2.84 |
1884 |
3-February |
1.84 |
1905 |
4-February |
2.55 |
1927 |
5-February |
2.30 |
1901 |
6-February |
2.39 |
1937 |
7-February |
1.60 |
1993 |
8-February |
2.43 |
1962 |
9-February |
1.92 |
1978 |
10-February |
2.55 |
1962 |
11-February |
2.12 |
2005 |
12-February |
2.45 |
2003 |
13-February |
2.71 |
1954 |
14-February |
2.50 |
1986 |
15-February |
2.78 |
1887 |
16-February |
3.03 |
1980 |
17-February |
2.18 |
1884 |
18-February |
4.26 |
1914 |
19-February |
2.32 |
1958 |
20-February |
3.60 |
1944 |
21-February |
2.08 |
2005 |
22-February |
2.19 |
1944 |
23-February |
2.11 |
1969 |
24-February |
4.80 |
1913 |
25-February |
2.33 |
2001 |
26-February |
1.08 |
1983 |
27-February |
2.48 |
1991 |
28-February |
2.85 |
1938 |
29-February |
0.63 |
1988 |
March
Date |
Record Rainfall |
Year |
1-March |
3.42 |
1983 |
2-March |
5.88 |
1938 |
3-March |
3.12 |
1943 |
4-March |
2.54 |
1978 |
5-March |
1.98 |
1884 |
6-March |
0.88 |
1884 |
7-March |
2.52 |
1952 |
8-March |
1.71 |
1968 |
9-March |
2.67 |
1884 |
10-March |
2.24 |
1995 |
11-March |
1.45 |
1995 |
12-March |
1.44 |
1912 |
13-March |
2.23 |
1889 |
14-March |
1.74 |
1930 |
15-March |
4.10 |
2003 |
16-March |
2.53 |
1889 |
17-March |
1.28 |
1982 |
18-March |
1.03 |
1991 |
19-March |
1.45 |
1991 |
20-March |
2.42 |
2011 |
21-March |
1.34 |
1893 |
22-March |
1.11 |
1975 |
23-March |
2.08 |
1904 |
24-March |
1.39 |
1948 |
25-March |
2.19 |
1903 |
26-March |
1.53 |
1906 |
27-March |
1.98 |
1979 |
28-March |
1.62 |
2006 |
29-March |
1.04 |
1883 |
30-March |
1.27 |
1946 |
31-March |
1.65 |
1941 |
April
Date |
Record Rainfall |
Year |
1-April |
1.01 |
1958 |
2-April |
1.43 |
1880 |
3-April |
1.14 |
1882 |
4-April |
1.44 |
2006 |
5-April |
2.74 |
1926 |
6-April |
0.84 |
1958 |
7-April |
1.21 |
1926 |
8-April |
2.19 |
1935 |
9-April |
1.71 |
1884 |
10-April |
0.63 |
1927 |
11-April |
1.97 |
1886 |
12-April |
1.90 |
1956 |
13-April |
0.49 |
2012 |
14-April |
0.83 |
1885 |
15-April |
0.81 |
1978 |
16-April |
2.10 |
1903 |
17-April |
1.24 |
2000 |
18-April |
1.27 |
1983 |
19-April |
0.86 |
1904 |
20-April |
1.28 |
1983 |
21-April |
0.89 |
1967 |
22-April |
0.96 |
1880 |
23-April |
0.98 |
1988 |
24-April |
0.41 |
1967 |
25-April |
0.50 |
1959 |
26-April |
1.62 |
1931 |
27-April |
0.82 |
1960 |
28-April |
1.02 |
2005 |
29-April |
0.89 |
1983 |
30-April |
0.96 |
1955 |
May
Date |
Record Rainfall |
Year |
1-May |
0.76 |
1901 |
2-May |
0.54 |
1915 |
3-May |
1.76 |
1892 |
4-May |
0.66 |
1900 |
5-May |
0.90 |
1921 |
6-May |
1.53 |
1883 |
7-May |
1.00 |
1955 |
8-May |
2.02 |
1977 |
9-May |
0.75 |
1977 |
10-May |
0.15 |
1933 |
11-May |
0.29 |
1900 |
12-May |
1.18 |
1998 |
13-May |
0.84 |
1998 |
14-May |
0.69 |
2015 |
15-May |
1.46 |
1898 |
16-May |
0.04 |
1996 |
17-May |
0.18 |
2011 |
18-May |
0.26 |
1949 |
19-May |
0.35 |
1957 |
20-May |
0.84 |
1921 |
21-May |
1.03 |
1921 |
22-May |
0.67 |
2006 |
23-May |
0.10 |
1977 |
24-May |
0.48 |
1931 |
25-May |
0.42 |
1882 |
26-May |
0.21 |
1906 |
27-May |
0.57 |
1906 |
28-May |
1.14 |
1990 |
29-May |
0.09 |
1918 |
30-May |
0.14 |
1887 |
31-May |
0.09 |
1894 |
June
Date |
Record Rainfall |
Year |
1-June |
0.57 |
1899 |
2-June |
0.58 |
1999 |
3-June |
0.49 |
1925 |
4-June |
0.33 |
1933 |
5-June |
0.76 |
1993 |
6-June |
0.02 |
1953 |
7-June |
0.10 |
1936 |
8-June |
0.02 |
1972 |
9-June |
0.32 |
1964 |
10-June |
0.22 |
1976 |
11-June |
0.11 |
1963 |
12-June |
0.63 |
1884 |
13-June |
0.53 |
1884 |
14-June |
0.01 |
1895 |
15-June |
0.22 |
1995 |
16-June |
0.38 |
1995 |
17-June |
0.02 |
1890 |
18-June |
0.11 |
1909 |
19-June |
0.01 |
1928 |
20-June |
0.05 |
1884 |
21-June |
0.07 |
1936 |
22-June |
0.05 |
1892 |
23-June |
0.03 |
1936 |
24-June |
0.01 |
1984 |
25-June |
Trace |
1965 |
26-June |
0.19 |
1913 |
27-June |
0.39 |
1913 |
28-June |
Trace |
2015 |
29-June |
Trace |
1955 |
30-June |
0.01 |
1918 |
July
Date |
Record Rainfall |
Year |
1-July |
0.09 |
1918 |
2-July |
Trace |
1961 |
3-July |
Trace |
1961 |
4-July |
0.07 |
1898 |
5-July |
0.02 |
1896 |
6-July |
Trace |
2001 |
7-July |
0.02 |
1992 |
8-July |
0.13 |
1991 |
9-July |
0.05 |
1887 |
10-July |
Trace |
2013 |
11-July |
0.04 |
2013 |
12-July |
0.05 |
1992 |
13-July |
0.02 |
1887 |
14-July |
0.24 |
1886 |
15-July |
Trace |
1952 |
16-July |
0.02 |
1995 |
17-July |
0.01 |
1987 |
18-July |
0.36 |
2015 |
19-July |
Trace |
2014 |
20-July |
Trace |
2005 |
21-July |
Trace |
2013 |
22-July |
0.10 |
1986 |
23-July |
0.08 |
1986 |
24-July |
Trace |
1954 |
25-July |
0.04 |
1910 |
26-July |
0.04 |
2013 |
27-July |
Trace |
2014 |
28-July |
0.01 |
1968 |
29-July |
Trace |
2003 |
30-July |
0.02 |
1886 |
31-July |
0.01 |
1886 |
August
Date |
Record Rainfall |
Year |
1-August |
0.01 |
1918 |
2-August |
0.02 |
2014 |
3-August |
0.02 |
2014 |
4-August |
0.05 |
1955 |
5-August |
0.09 |
1901 |
6-August |
0.02 |
1983 |
7-August |
0.11 |
1968 |
8-August |
0.02 |
1936 |
9-August |
0.19 |
1942 |
10-August |
0.04 |
1942 |
11-August |
0.02 |
1961 |
12-August |
0.32 |
1972 |
13-August |
0.13 |
1904 |
14-August |
Trace |
1948 |
15-August |
0.40 |
1984 |
16-August |
0.19 |
1977 |
17-August |
2.06 |
1977 |
18-August |
0.44 |
1983 |
19-August |
0.14 |
1983 |
20-August |
0.03 |
1906 |
21-August |
Trace |
1926 |
22-August |
0.04 |
1904 |
23-August |
Trace |
1959 |
24-August |
0.05 |
1988 |
25-August |
0.01 |
1894 |
26-August |
0.10 |
1935 |
27-August |
0.01 |
1972 |
28-August |
0.10 |
1951 |
29-August |
0.08 |
1888 |
30-August |
0.21 |
1886 |
31-August |
0.61 |
1889 |
September
Date |
Record Rainfall |
Year |
1-September |
0.41 |
1967 |
2-September |
0.02 |
1913 |
3-September |
0.05 |
1976 |
4-September |
0.30 |
1963 |
5-September |
0.32 |
1978 |
6-September |
0.17 |
1965 |
7-September |
Trace |
2000 |
8-September |
0.19 |
1982 |
9-September |
0.01 |
1949 |
10-September |
1.74 |
1976 |
11-September |
0.33 |
1923 |
12-September |
0.13 |
1963 |
13-September |
0.07 |
1918 |
14-September |
0.04 |
1918 |
15-September |
2.39 |
2015 |
16-September |
0.07 |
1989 |
17-September |
0.42 |
1963 |
18-September |
1.39 |
1965 |
19-September |
0.27 |
1989 |
20-September |
0.29 |
2005 |
21-September |
0.15 |
1887 |
22-September |
0.40 |
2007 |
23-September |
0.28 |
1908 |
24-September |
1.95 |
1986 |
25-September |
3.96 |
1939 |
26-September |
0.24 |
1982 |
27-September |
0.68 |
1919 |
28-September |
0.74 |
1911 |
29-September |
0.49 |
1911 |
30-September |
1.58 |
1983 |
October
Date |
Record Rainfall |
Year |
1-October |
0.74 |
1916 |
2-October |
0.53 |
1986 |
3-October |
0.37 |
1912 |
4-October |
0.24 |
1983 |
5-October |
1.15 |
2011 |
6-October |
0.30 |
2010 |
7-October |
0.17 |
1904 |
8-October |
0.42 |
1889 |
9-October |
0.44 |
1904 |
10-October |
0.71 |
1916 |
11-October |
0.34 |
1957 |
12-October |
0.43 |
1941 |
13-October |
1.09 |
1899 |
14-October |
1.75 |
1897 |
15-October |
0.27 |
1907 |
16-October |
0.35 |
1963 |
17-October |
1.72 |
1934 |
18-October |
0.48 |
1934 |
19-October |
0.79 |
2004 |
20-October |
3.16 |
1889 |
21-October |
0.53 |
1889 |
22-October |
0.77 |
1987 |
23-October |
1.87 |
1889 |
24-October |
0.55 |
1919 |
25-October |
1.04 |
1940 |
26-October |
1.74 |
1901 |
27-October |
1.37 |
1883 |
28-October |
0.56 |
1942 |
29-October |
0.84 |
1877 |
30-October |
1.02 |
1996 |
31-October |
1.64 |
1927 |
November
Date |
Record Rainfall |
Year |
1-November |
0.44 |
1983 |
2-November |
0.35 |
1957 |
3-November |
0.35 |
1960 |
4-November |
0.42 |
1987 |
5-November |
0.56 |
1960 |
6-November |
1.07 |
1969 |
7-November |
3.85 |
1966 |
8-November |
1.82 |
2002 |
9-November |
3.41 |
1879 |
10-November |
1.95 |
1902 |
11-November |
1.55 |
1954 |
12-November |
1.88 |
1946 |
13-November |
0.99 |
1884 |
14-November |
1.33 |
1928 |
15-November |
1.64 |
1952 |
16-November |
2.01 |
1888 |
17-November |
1.58 |
1900 |
18-November |
1.50 |
1913 |
19-November |
3.61 |
1967 |
20-November |
1.38 |
1967 |
21-November |
2.97 |
1967 |
22-November |
3.51 |
1965 |
23-November |
0.91 |
1946 |
24-November |
2.03 |
1926 |
25-November |
0.78 |
1885 |
26-November |
1.28 |
1926 |
27-November |
1.03 |
1981 |
28-November |
3.51 |
1892 |
29-November |
2.43 |
1970 |
30-November |
1.96 |
1982 |
December
Date |
Record Rainfall |
Year |
1-December |
1.40 |
1925 |
2-December |
1.21 |
2014 |
3-December |
1.59 |
1880 |
4-December |
1.59 |
1974 |
5-December |
1.81 |
1966 |
6-December |
1.91 |
2018 |
7-December |
2.78 |
1992 |
8-December |
2.29 |
1909 |
9-December |
1.70 |
1996 |
10-December |
1.58 |
1941 |
11-December |
1.65 |
1937 |
12-December |
4.30 |
1889 |
13-December |
1.67 |
1933 |
14-December |
0.96 |
1888 |
15-December |
2.26 |
1880 |
16-December |
1.96 |
2002 |
17-December |
1.97 |
1880 |
18-December |
2.18 |
1938 |
19-December |
2.80 |
2010 |
20-December |
4.19 |
1879 |
21-December |
1.57 |
1970 |
22-December |
2.63 |
1888 |
23-December |
1.84 |
1940 |
24-December |
2.64 |
1971 |
25-December |
3.01 |
1884 |
26-December |
1.20 |
1977 |
27-December |
1.81 |
1936 |
28-December |
5.55 |
2004 |
29-December |
3.84 |
1965 |
30-December |
1.85 |
1936 |
31-December |
4.86 |
1933 |
Source: National Weather Service Forecast Office, Los Angeles/Oxnard and National Centers For Environmental Information