For prior seasons, click here.
Downtown Los Angeles skyline at night under the rain. Photo courtesy of Delia Thornton.
Why our “Rainfall Season” is different than that of the National Weather Service
Also see:
-- Downtown L.A. Total Seasonal Rainfall Since 1877
-- Downtown L.A. Record Rain Days by Month
-- Downtown L.A. Record Rainfall for Each Day of Year
-- Current Season Rainfall-to-Date - Burbank
-- Current Season Rainfall-to-Date - Beverly Hills
-- 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 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
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.
How Much Water is One Inch of Rain?
On May 20, 2024, the official Downtown Los Angeles weather observation site was relocated from the University of Southern California (USC) campus, where it had been located since 1999, to the Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center in Elysian Park. The new site is at the training center for the Los Angeles Fire Departmenton, on the south side of Dodger Stadium, approximately four miles northeast of the USC campus. The center was formerly known as the Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Center.
Rainfall measured in inches
| Date (May) | Rainfall Measured for Day | Month's Cumulative Rainfall Measured |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
This season's cumulative rainfall as compared to the normal seasonal cumulative rainfall and last season's cumulative in Downtown L.A. See Historic Monthly Rainfall. Los Angeles Almanac chart.
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 2024 | 0.00 | 0.02 | -0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| Aug 2024 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | -0.02 |
| Sep 2024 | 0.00 | 0.13 | -0.13 | 0.00 | 0.15 | -0.15 |
| Oct 2024 | 0.00 | 0.58 | -0.58 | 0.00 | 0.73 | -0.73 |
| Nov 2024 | 0.14 | 0.78 | -0.64 | 0.14 | 1.51 | -1.37 |
| Dec 2024 | 0.02 | 2.48 | -2.46 | 0.16 | 3.99 | -3.83 |
| 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 2025 | 0.54 | 3.29 | -2.75 | 0.70 | 7.28 | -6.58 |
| Feb 2025 | 4.88 | 3.64 | +1.24 | 5.58 | 10.92 | -5.34 |
| Mar 2025 | 2.20 | 2.23 | -0.03 | 7.78 | 13.15 | -5.37 |
| Apr 2025 | 0.31 | 0.69 | -0.38 | 8.09 | 13.84 | -5.75 |
| May 2025 | --- | 0.32 | --- | --- | 14.16 | --- |
| Jun 2025 | --- | 0.09 | --- | --- | 14.25 | --- |
† Normals, recalculated every ten years, were updated on May 4, 2021. The total season normal for this station is 14.25 inches.
Source: National Weather Service Forecast Office, Los Angeles/Oxnard
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Los Angeles Almanac chart. Dotted orange line is current seasonal rainfall normal for Downtown L.A. See L.A.'s Historic Seasonal Rainfall.
