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Total Seasonal Rainfall (Precipitation)
vs. Historical Seasonal Average

Hawthorne, California
(Hawthorne Municipal Airport)
1998-2023


See also:
-- Monthly Rainfall by Season - Hawthorne 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 - 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 - 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 1998 through 2022: 10.39 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 22.25 +11.86
2021-2022 9.08 -1.31
2020-2021 4.44 -5.95
2019-2020 11.69 +1.30
2018-2019 16.35 +5.96
2017-2018 3.43 -6.96
2016-2017 16.59 +6.20
2015-2016 8.15 -2.24
2014-2015 7.12 -3.27
2013-2014 4.62 -5.77
2012-2013 5.43 -4.96
2011-2012 7.57 -2.82
2010-2011 17.42 +7.03
2009-2010 12.31 +1.92
2008-2009 7.58 -2.81
2007-2008 11.22 +0.83
2006-2007 2.45 -7.94
2005-2006 10.29 -0.10
2004-2005 25.21 +14.82
2003-2004 7.61 -2.78
2002-2003 12.06 +1.67
2001-2002 4.04 -6.35
2000-2001 13.99 +3.60
1999-2000 8.47 -1.92

* 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 11.77 inches, based upon the average for seasons 1991 through 2020.

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