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Desert rainbow. Photo by Skeeze, courtesy Pixabay.com.
Why our “Rainfall Season” is different than that of the National Weather Service
Also see:
-- Lancaster Historic Seasonal Rainfall
-- Current Season Rainfall-to-Date - Downtown Los Angeles
-- Current Season Rainfall-to-Date - Beverly Hills
-- Current Season Rainfall-to-Date - Burbank
-- Current Season Rainfall-to-Date - Claremont
-- Current Season Rainfall-to-Date - Hawthorne
-- Current Season Rainfall-to-Date - Long Beach
-- Current Season Rainfall-to-Date - Los Angeles International Airport
-- Current Season Rainfall-to-Date - Palmdale
-- Current Season Rainfall-to-Date - Pasadena
-- Current Season Rainfall-to-Date - Sandberg
-- Current Season Rainfall-to-Date - Santa Catalina Island
-- Current Season Rainfall-to-Date - Santa Clarita
-- Current Season Rainfall-to-Date - Santa Fe Dam (San Gabriel Valley)
-- Current Season Rainfall-to-Date - Santa Monica
-- Current Season Rainfall-to-Date - Torrance
-- Current Season Rainfall-to-Date - Van Nuys, Los Angeles
-- Current Season Rainfall-to-Date - Westwood, Los Angeles
-- Current Season Rainfall-to-Date - Whittier
-- Current Season Rainfall-to-Date - Woodland Hills, Los Angeles
The Almanac now monitors rainfall for Beverly Hills and Torrance.
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).
How Much Water is One Inch of Rain?
Rainfall measured in inches
| Date (April) | Rainfall Measured for Day | Month's Cumulative Rainfall Measured |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0.07 | 0.07 |
| 13 | 0.06 | 0.13 |
| 14 | 0.06 | 0.19 |
Monthly rainfall totals for previous seasons are found at Monthly Rainfall for Downtown Los Angeles.
Rainfall measured in inches
NOTE: Rainfall normals were updated on May 4, 2021.†
| Month | Rainfall For Month | Rainfall For Season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measured for Month | Monthly Normal† | Deviation from Monthly Normal | Measured for Season-to-Date | Season Normal-to-Date† | Deviation from Season Normal-to-Date | |
| Jul 2023 | 0.00 | 0.14 | -0.14 | 0.00 | 0.14 | -0.14 |
| Aug 2023 | 3.66 | 0.01 | +3.65 | 3.66 | 0.15 | +3.51 |
| Sep 2023 | Trace | 0.12 | -0.12 | 3.66 | 0.27 | +3.39 |
| Oct 2023 | Trace | 0.34 | -0.34 | 3.66 | 0.61 | +3.05 |
| Nov 2023 | 0.18 | 0.37 | -0.19 | 3.84 | 0.98 | +2.86 |
| Dec 2023 | 1.02 | 1.11 | -0.09 | 4.86 | 2.09 | +2.77 |
| Month | Rainfall For Month | Rainfall For Season | ||||
| Measured for Month | Monthly Normal† | Deviation from Monthly Normal | Measured for Season-to-Date | Season Normal-to-Date† | Deviation from Season Normal-to-Date | |
| Jan 2024 | 0.81 | 1.46 | -0.65 | 5.67 | 3.55 | +2.12 |
| Feb 2024 | 3.87 | 1.76 | +2.11 | 9.54 | 5.31 | +4.23 |
| Mar 2024 | 1.92 | 0.96 | +0.96 | 11.46 | 6.27 | +5.19 |
| Apr 2024 | -Pending- | 0.39 | --- | -Pending- | 6.66 | --- |
| May 2024 | -Pending- | 0.10 | --- | -Pending- | 6.76 | --- |
| Jun 2024 | -Pending- | 0.05 | --- | -Pending- | 6.81 | --- |
† Normals, reissued every ten years, were updated on May 4, 2021. The latest normals are National Centers For Environmental Information data, used by the National Weather Service, based upon 30-year averages, covering 1991 through 2020. The total season normal for this station is 6.81 inches.
Source: National Weather Service Forecast Office, Los Angeles/Oxnard
