Los Angeles Almanac Logo
Home | All Almanac Topics | Weather

Total Seasonal Rainfall (Precipitation)
vs. Historical Seasonal Average

Los Angeles International Airport
1944-2023

Wet Day at Los Angeles International Airport

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 vs. Average - Downtown Los Angeles
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Beverly Hills
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Burbank
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Claremont
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Hawthorne
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Lancaster
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Long Beach
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Palmdale
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Pasadena
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Sandberg
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Santa Catalina Island
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Santa Clarita
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Santa Fe Dam (San Gabriel Valley)
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Santa Monica
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Torrance
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Van Nuys, Los Angeles
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Westwood, Los Angeles
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Whittier
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - 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 1944 through 2022: 11.86 inches*

Season (July 1-June 30) Total Inches of Rainfall Inches Above/Below (+/-)
Overall Season Average*
2023-2024 See month-by-month numbers as season unfolds.
2022-2023 24.12 +12.26
2021-2022 10.31 -1.55
2020-2021 5.00 -6.86
2019-2020 13.19 +1.33
2018-2019 16.94 +5.08
2017-2018 3.87 -7.99
2016-2017 16.33 +4.47
2015-2016 9.41 -2.45
2014-2015 7.45 -4.41
2013-2014 4.45 -7.41
2012-2013 6.89 -4.97
2011-2012 7.61 -4.25
2010-2011 17.85 +5.99
2009-2010 12.42 +0.56
2008-2009 8.13 -3.73
2007-2008 10.24 -1.62
2006-2007 2.63 -9.23
2005-2006 10.89 -0.97
2004-2005 26.51 +14.65
2003-2004 8.61 -3.25
2002-2003 10.38 -1.48
2001-2002 4.16 -7.70
2000-2001 15.56 +3.70
1999-2000 10.11 -1.75
1998-1999 9.27 -2.59
1997-1998 31.28 +19.42
1996-1997 13.30 +1.44
1995-1996 10.29 -1.57
1994-1995 22.80 +10.94
1993-1994 8.21 -3.65
1992-1993 23.66 +11.80
1991-1992 14.79 +2.93
1990-1991 8.02 -3.84
1989-1990 6.07 -5.79
1988-1989 6.55 -5.31
1987-1988 8.91 -2.95
1986-1987 6.01 -5.85
1985-1986 18.69 +6.83
1984-1985 9.60 -2.26
1983-1984 10.65 -1.21
1982-1983 25.61 +13.75
1981-1982 13.18 +1.32
1980-1981 8.36 -3.50
1979-1980 21.02 +9.16
1978-1979 14.99 +3.13
1977-1978 28.55 +16.69
1976-1977 12.47 +0.61
1975-1976 4.37 -7.49
1974-1975 11.28 -0.58
1973-1974 10.93 -0.93
1972-1973 17.35 +5.49
1971-1972 6.43 -5.43
1970-1971 9.92 -1.94
1969-1970 5.67 -6.19
1968-1969 16.18 +4.32
1967-1968 14.50 +2.64
1966-1967 13.54 +1.68
1965-1966 12.62 +0.76
1964-1965 10.27 -1.59
1963-1964 7.51 -4.35
1962-1963 9.29 -2.57
1961-1962 18.22 +6.36
1960-1961 4.48 -7.38
1959-1960 9.16 -2.70
1958-1959 5.60 -6.26
1957-1958 18.91 +7.05
1956-1957 8.93 -2.93
1955-1956 13.51 +1.65
1954-1955 9.87 -1.99
1953-1954 12.19 +0.33
1952-1953 8.55 -3.31
1951-1952 19.12 +7.26
1950-1951 6.64 -5.22
1949-1950 9.15 -2.71
1948-1949 7.97 -3.89
1947-1948 5.36 -6.50
1946-1947 13.46 +1.60
1945-1946 9.81 -2.05
1944-1945 10.50 -1.36

* Average as calculated over all years of available rainfall data. The "Normal" or average seasonal precipitation for this station, provided by the National Centers for Environmental Information, is 12.23 inches, based upon a 30-year average for seasons 1991 through 2020.
† One or more months during the season was missing data for five or more days.

Source: National Weather Service Forecast Office, Los Angeles/Oxnard