Rain at airport. Photo by Stocksnap, courtesy Pixabay.com.
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Monthly Precipitation (Rainfall) by Season - Hollywood Burbank Airport
Total Seasonal Rainfall - Downtown Los Angeles
Total Seasonal Rainfall - Los Angeles International Airport
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).
Average for seasons 1940 through 2018: 15.12 inches*
Month-by-month numbers for latest season (2017-2018)| 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 | 18.92 | +3.80 |
| 2017-2018 | 6.39 | -8.73 |
| 2016-2017 | 13.83 | -1.29 |
| 2015-2016 | 9.00 | -6.12 |
| 2014-2015 | 7.65 | -7.47 |
| 2013-2014 | 5.34 | -9.78 |
| 2012-2013 | 5.40 | -9.72 |
| 2011-2012 | 8.77 | -6.35 |
| 2010-2011 | 18.58 | +3.46 |
| 2009-2010 | 16.38 | +1.26 |
| 2008-2009 | 10.60 | -4.52 |
| 2007-2008 | 13.60 | -1.52 |
| 2006-2007 | 2.44 | -12.68 |
| 2005-2006 | 14.14 | -0.98 |
| 2004-2005 | 35.50 | +20.38 |
| 2003-2004 | 7.72 | -7.40 |
| 2002-2003 | 12.15** | -2.97** |
| 2001-2002 | 1.82** | -13.30** |
| 2000-2001 | 13.96** | -1.16** |
| 1999-2000 | 12.11 | -3.01 |
| 1998-1999 | 9.83 | -5.29 |
| 1997-1998 | 37.18 | +22.06 |
| 1996-1997 | 12.50 | -2.62 |
| 1995-1996 | 11.57 | -3.55 |
| 1994-1995 | 31.78 | +16.66 |
| 1993-1994 | 8.94** | -6.18** |
| 1992-1993 | 34.36 | +19.24 |
| 1991-1992 | 30.64 | +15.52 |
| 1990-1991 | 13.00 | -2.12 |
| 1989-1990 | 7.91 | -7.21 |
| 1988-1989 | 8.29 | -6.83 |
| 1987-1988 | 16.11 | +0.99 |
| 1986-1987 | 6.86 | -8.26 |
| 1985-1986 | 17.20 | +2.08 |
| 1984-1985 | 11.80 | -3.32 |
| 1983-1984 | 11.31 | -3.81 |
| 1982-1983 | 35.02 | +19.90 |
| 1981-1982 | 14.71 | -0.41 |
| 1980-1981 | 11.91 | -3.21 |
| 1979-1980 | 31.29 | +16.17 |
| 1978-1979 | 19.41** | +4.29** |
| 1977-1978 | 39.39 | +24.27 |
| 1976-1977 | 16.87 | +1.75 |
| 1975-1976 | 6.25** | -8.87** |
| 1974-1975 | 13.93 | -1.19 |
| 1973-1974 | 17.38 | +2.26 |
| 1972-1973 | 19.80 | +4.68 |
| 1971-1972 | 7.84 | -7.28 |
| 1970-1971 | 14.79 | -0.33 |
| 1969-1970 | 8.86 | -6.26 |
| 1968-1969 | 26.79 | +11.67 |
| 1967-1968 | 13.73 | -1.39 |
| 1966-1967 | 19.49** | +4.37** |
| 1965-1966 | 21.12 | +6.00 |
| 1964-1965 | 11.33 | -3.79 |
| 1963-1964 | 8.53 | -6.59 |
| 1962-1963 | 9.72 | -5.40 |
| 1961-1962 | 22.20 | +7.08 |
| 1960-1961 | 6.14 | -8.98 |
| 1959-1960 | 7.98 | -7.14 |
| 1958-1959 | 9.31 | -5.81 |
| 1957-1958 | 21.58 | +6.46 |
| 1956-1957 | 11.49 | -3.63 |
| 1955-1956 | 14.23 | -0.89 |
| 1954-1955 | 11.79 | -3.33 |
| 1953-1954 | 12.54 | -2.58 |
| 1952-1953 | 10.38 | -4.74 |
| 1951-1952 | 29.78 | +14.66 |
| 1950-1951 | 7.83 | -7.29 |
| 1949-1950 | 9.01 | -6.11 |
| 1948-1949 | 7.51 | -7.61 |
| 1947-1948 | 6.64 | -8.48 |
| 1946-1947 | 13.25 | -1.87 |
| 1945-1946 | 11.82 | -3.30 |
| 1944-1945 | 12.24 | -2.88 |
| 1943-1944 | 22.52** | +7.40** |
| 1942-1943 | 23.86 | +8.74 |
| 1941-1942 | 12.39 | -2.73 |
| 1940-1941 | 39.25 | +24.13 |
| 1939-1940 | 14.44** | -0.68** |
* The 1939-1940 season is not included in this average due to five months of incomplete data. "Normal" or average seasonal precipitation for Hollywood Burbank Airport typically provided by the National Weather Service is 17.37 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
