Wet day at Los Angeles International Airport. Los Angeles Almanac Photo.
See also:
Monthly Precipitation (Rainfall) by Season - Los Angeles International Airport
Total Seasonal Rainfall - Downtown Los Angeles
Total Seasonal Rainfall - Burbank
Total Seasonal Rainfall - Lancaster
Total Seasonal Rainfall - Long Beach
Total Seasonal Rainfall - Palmdale
Total Seasonal Rainfall - Pasadena
Total Seasonal Rainfall - Sandberg
Total Seasonal Rainfall - Santa Catalina Island
Total Seasonal Rainfall - Van Nuys, Los Angeles
Total Seasonal Rainfall - Westwood, Los Angeles
Total Seasonal Rainfall - 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
