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Total Seasonal Rainfall (Precipitation)
vs. Historical Seasonal Average

Santa Monica, California
(Santa Monica Airport)
2000-2023


See also:
-- Monthly Rainfall by Season - Van Nuys 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 - Los Angeles International Airport
-- 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 - 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 1998 through 2021: 11.96 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 25.08 +13.12
2021-2022 10.94 -1.02
2020-2021 4.26 -7.70
2019-2020 13.82 +1.86
2018-2019 19.68 +7.72
2017-2018 6.04 -5.92
2016-2017 17.99 +6.03
2015-2016 9.07 -2.89
2014-2015 9.05 -2.91
2013-2014 4.76 -7.20
2012-2013 7.22 -4.74
2011-2012 7.56 -4.40
2010-2011 20.69 +8.73
2009-2010 13.85 +1.89
2008-2009 9.72 -2.24
2007-2008 9.31 -2.65
2006-2007 1.24 -10.72
2005-2006 12.12 +0.16
2004-2005 32.14 +20.18
2003-2004 7.80 -4.16
2002-2003 9.45 -2.51
2001-2002 4.52 -7.44
2000-2001 18.87 +6.91

* Average as calculated over all years of available rainfall data. "Normal" or average seasonal precipitation for this station, provided by the National Centers for Environmental Information, is 13.45 inches, based upon the 30-year average for seasons from 1991 through 2020.

Source: National Weather Service Forecast Office, Los Angeles/Oxnard and Western Regional Climate Center.