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Season Rainfall (Precipitation)
2023-2024

Santa Catalina Island, California
(Catalina Airport)

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Rainfall Over Avalon Harbor

Rainfall over Avalon Harbor at Santa Catalina Island. Los Angeles Almanac Photo.

Why our “Rainfall Season” is different than that of the National Weather Service


Also see:
-- Historic Catalina Airport 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 - Lancaster
-- 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 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

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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).


Rainfall and Raindrops
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Santa Catalina Island (Catalina Airport)
March 2024 Rainfall-to-Date

Rainfall measured in inches

Date (March) Rainfall Measured for Day Month's Cumulative Rainfall Measured
2 0.33 0.33
3 0.14 0.47
6 1.02 1.49
11 Trace 1.49
12 0.01 1.50
13 Trace 1.50
23 0.16 1.66


Santa Catalina Island (Catalina Airport)
2023-2024 Rainfall Season-to-Date

Monthly rainfall totals for previous seasons are found at Monthly Rainfall for Santa Catalina Island.


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 0.08 -0.08 0.00 0.08 -0.08
Aug 2023 4.12 0.01 +4.11 4.12 0.09 +4.03
Sep 2023 0.03 0.12 -0.09 4.15 0.21 +3.94
Oct 2023 Trace 0.48 -0.48 4.15 0.69 +3.46
Nov 2023 0.48 0.97 -0.49 4.63 1.66 +2.97
Dec 2023 2.30 2.22 +0.08 6.93 3.88 +3.05
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 1.71 3.04 -1.33 8.64 6.92 +1.72
Feb 2024 8.38 2.83 +5.55 17.02 9.75 +7.27
Mar 2024 -Pending- 1.67 --- -Pending- 11.42 ---
Apr 2024 -Pending- 0.78 --- -Pending- 12.20 ---
May 2024 -Pending- 0.36 --- -Pending- 12.56 ---
Jun 2024 -Pending- 0.21 --- -Pending- 12.77 ---

† 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 12.77 inches.

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