Wet day at Los Angeles International Airport. Los Angeles Almanac Photo.
See also:
Monthly Rainfall by Season - Los Angeles International Airport
Total Rainfall by Season - Downtown Los Angeles
Total Rainfall by Season - Burbank
Total Rainfall by Season - Lancaster
Total Rainfall by Season - Long Beach
Total Rainfall by Season - Palmdale
Total Rainfall by Season - Pasadena
Total Rainfall by Season - Sandberg
Total Rainfall by Season - Santa Catalina Island
Total Rainfall by Season - Santa Clarita
Total Rainfall by Season - Santa Fe Dam (San Gabriel Valley)
Total Rainfall by Season - Santa Monica
Total Rainfall by Season - Van Nuys, Los Angeles
Total Rainfall by Season - Westwood, Los Angeles
Total Rainfall by Season - Woodland Hills, Los Angeles
NOTE: When most weather reporting sources cite weather in Los Angeles (without specifying where, exactly, in Los Angeles), these numbers are typically for the Downtown Los Angeles weather station (actually located on the USC campus).
This last rainfall season (2017-2018) was the driest for Los Angeles Airport since 2006-2007 and the second driest since rainfall records began being kept in 1944.
Average for seasons 1944 through 2018: 11.71 inches*
| Season (July 1-June 30) | Total Inches of Rainfall | Inches Above/Below (+/-) Overall Season Average* |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-2020 | See month-by-month numbers as season unfolds. | |
| 2018-2019 | 16.94 | +5.23 |
| 2017-2018 | 3.87 | -7.84 |
| 2016-2017 | 16.33 | +4.62 |
| 2015-2016 | 9.41 | -2.30 |
| 2014-2015 | 7.45 | -4.26 |
| 2013-2014 | 4.45 | -7.26 |
| 2012-2013 | 6.89 | -4.82 |
| 2011-2012 | 7.61 | -4.10 |
| 2010-2011 | 17.85 | +6.14 |
| 2009-2010 | 12.42 | +0.71 |
| 2008-2009 | 8.13 | -3.58 |
| 2007-2008 | 10.24 | -1.47 |
| 2006-2007 | 2.63 | -9.08 |
| 2005-2006 | 10.89 | -0.82 |
| 2004-2005 | 26.51 | +14.80 |
| 2003-2004 | 8.61 | -3.10 |
| 2002-2003 | 10.38 | -1.33 |
| 2001-2002 | 4.16 | -7.55 |
| 2000-2001 | 15.56 | +3.85 |
| 1999-2000 | 10.11 | -1.60 |
| 1998-1999 | 9.27 | -2.44 |
| 1997-1998 | 31.28 | +19.57 |
| 1996-1997 | 13.30 | +1.59 |
| 1995-1996 | 10.29 | -1.42 |
| 1994-1995 | 22.80 | +11.09 |
| 1993-1994 | 8.21 | -3.50 |
| 1992-1993 | 23.66 | +11.95 |
| 1991-1992 | 14.79 | +3.08 |
| 1990-1991 | 8.02 | -3.69 |
| 1989-1990 | 6.07 | -5.64 |
| 1988-1989 | 6.55 | -5.16 |
| 1987-1988 | 8.91 | -2.80 |
| 1986-1987 | 6.01 | -5.70 |
| 1985-1986 | 18.69 | +6.98 |
| 1984-1985 | 9.60 | -2.11 |
| 1983-1984 | 10.65 | -1.06 |
| 1982-1983 | 25.61 | +13.90 |
| 1981-1982 | 13.18 | +1.47 |
| 1980-1981 | 8.36 | -3.35 |
| 1979-1980 | 21.02 | +9.31 |
| 1978-1979 | 14.99 | +3.28 |
| 1977-1978 | 28.55 | +16.84 |
| 1976-1977 | 12.47 | +0.76 |
| 1975-1976 | 4.37 | -7.34 |
| 1974-1975 | 11.28 | -0.43 |
| 1973-1974 | 10.93 | -0.78 |
| 1972-1973 | 17.35 | +5.64 |
| 1971-1972 | 6.43 | -5.28 |
| 1970-1971 | 9.92 | -1.79 |
| 1969-1970 | 5.67 | -6.04 |
| 1968-1969 | 16.18 | +4.47 |
| 1967-1968 | 14.50 | +2.79 |
| 1966-1967 | 13.54 | +1.83 |
| 1965-1966 | 12.62 | +0.91 |
| 1964-1965 | 10.27 | -1.44 |
| 1963-1964 | 7.51 | -4.20 |
| 1962-1963 | 9.29 | -2.42 |
| 1961-1962 | 18.22 | +6.51 |
| 1960-1961 | 4.48 | -7.23 |
| 1959-1960 | 9.16 | -2.55 |
| 1958-1959 | 5.60 | -6.11 |
| 1957-1958 | 18.91 | +7.20 |
| 1956-1957 | 8.93 | -2.78 |
| 1955-1956 | 13.51 | +1.80 |
| 1954-1955 | 9.87 | -1.84 |
| 1953-1954 | 12.19 | +0.48 |
| 1952-1953 | 8.55 | -3.16 |
| 1951-1952 | 19.12 | +7.41 |
| 1950-1951 | 6.64 | -5.07 |
| 1949-1950 | 9.15 | -2.56 |
| 1948-1949 | 7.97 | -3.74 |
| 1947-1948 | 5.36 | -6.35 |
| 1946-1947 | 13.46 | +1.75 |
| 1945-1946 | 9.81 | -1.90 |
| 1944-1945 | 10.50** | -1.21** |
* Overall seasonal average above is for all seasons 1944 through 2018. The "Normal" or average seasonal precipitation for Los Angeles International Airport typically provided by the National Weather Service is 12.82 inches, based upon the average for seasons from 1981 through 2010.
** One or more months during the season was missing data for five or more days.
Source: National Weather Service Forecast Office, Los Angeles/Oxnard
