When It Comes to a Record, L.A. Rain Falls a Drop Short
19 years, 8 months ago

When It Comes to a Record, L.A. Rain Falls a Drop Short

LA Times  

Times Staff Writer They say Los Angeles likes a winner. The epic 2004-05 rain season comes to an end at midnight tonight, and downtown Los Angeles missed the all-time record by a measly 0.93 of an inch. For the record: For The Record Los Angeles Times Friday July 01, 2005 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 42 words Type of Material: Correction Rainfall -- An article in Thursday’s Section A about the 2004-2005 rain season incorrectly said one historian asserted that the wettest season in Los Angeles history was 1860-1861, before official precipitation records were kept. One historian has even asserted that the wettest season in Los Angeles history wasn’t 1883-84 but 1860-61, before official precipitation records were kept but when newspaper reports talked of epic downpours. He said this pattern last occurred during the 1889-90 season, when 34.84 inches of rain fell on downtown Los Angeles, the third-wettest season on record.

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Will Southern California’s wet weather soon come to an end?
2 weeks ago

Will Southern California’s wet weather soon come to an end?

LA Times  

The final round of rain for the week is expected to deliver between a tenth and quarter of an inch of rain along the coast and valleys. “It’s going to be a little bit more than just light rain, but not much more,” said Mike Wofford, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. There’s a chance Monday could …

L.A. rain timeline: Another storm hits, with more wet conditions next week
3 weeks, 1 day ago

L.A. rain timeline: Another storm hits, with more wet conditions next week

LA Times  

Another day of chilly, wet weather is on tap for Southern California on Thursday, delivering a beneficial dose of moisture after a dry start to the winter season. The storm, which is expected to drop between a tenth of an inch and a quarter of an inch of rain along the coast on Thursday with higher totals in the mountains …

California storms trigger mudslides, floods, and power outages
1 month, 1 week ago

California storms trigger mudslides, floods, and power outages

India Today  

LOS ANGELES: Debris flows brought on by the strongest atmospheric river of the season swept a car off a southern California highway and into the ocean and left roads submerged in sludge. In neighboring Sierra Madre, the city issued evacuation orders for areas affected by the Eaton Fire, warning that fire, police and public works personnel would not enter areas …

Were the rains enough to ease Southern California’s fire threat? What we know
2 months ago

Were the rains enough to ease Southern California’s fire threat? What we know

LA Times  

This week’s rainstorm brought some much needed moisture to Southern California without the mudslides some feared. It would take 2 to 4 inches of rain to comfortably consider the wildfire season over, said Ryan Kittell, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Oxnard. What SoCal got Rainfall in Los Angeles County peaked in Porter Ranch, with its three-day rain total hitting …

California wildfires: Rain brings good news to LA, but a potential headache too
2 months ago

California wildfires: Rain brings good news to LA, but a potential headache too

Firstpost  

One benefit that could come from the rain: It may help firefighters who are reining in multiple wildfires after weeks of windy and dry weather A basketball is stuck in the net outside of a residence destroyed by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. AP Rain fell on parts of Southern California on Sunday and …

Flood watches issued as rain threatens mud and debris flows in Los Angeles fire zones
2 months ago

Flood watches issued as rain threatens mud and debris flows in Los Angeles fire zones

India Today  

LOS ANGELES: Rain fell on parts of Southern California on Sunday and the scattered showers were expected to continue overnight, boosting the risk of toxic ash runoff in areas scorched by Los Angeles-area wildfires. Flood watches were in effect through 4 p.m. Monday for burn areas from recent fires that broke out around the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles, …

Two rounds of rain expected to hit Southern California: What to know
4 months ago

Two rounds of rain expected to hit Southern California: What to know

LA Times  

A motorist drives through floodwater from Piner Creek past a car that stalled earlier due to the flooding in Santa Rosa. “This is its last gasp.” Rain moved into San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties Saturday morning and was expected to reach Los Angeles County by midday. San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties could see up to …

California atmospheric river brings record rain, major mudslide risk
4 months ago

California atmospheric river brings record rain, major mudslide risk

LA Times  

An atmospheric river dumping rain across Northern California and several feet of snow in the Sierra was making its way across the state Friday, bringing flooding and threatening mudslides along with it. The region is expected to get another 1 to 2 inches of rain, with foothill areas in interior Northern California getting anywhere from 2 to 5 inches, he …

Storm dumps record rain and heavy snow on Northern California. Many in Seattle still without power
4 months, 1 week ago

Storm dumps record rain and heavy snow on Northern California. Many in Seattle still without power

Associated Press  

FORESTVILLE, Calif. — A major storm moving through Northern California on Thursday dropped heavy snow and record rain, flooding some areas, after killing two people and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands in the Pacific Northwest. “We feel sad, scared, but Rain slowed somewhat, but “persistent heavy rain will enter the picture again by Friday morning,” the weather service …

Recent storms pushed California’s yearly rainfall, snowpack even higher — and more could be coming
1 year ago

Recent storms pushed California’s yearly rainfall, snowpack even higher — and more could be coming

LA Times  

People cross the street amid wind and rain as they visit the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach on Wednesday. Downtown Los Angeles received 0.72 inches from Wednesday’s storm, bringing its total rainfall to 18.99 inches since Oct. 1 — the beginning of the water year. “We’re about 7.5 inches above average for this time of year,” said Kristan …

Has this been L.A.’s wettest February ever? What the rain forecast has in store
1 year, 1 month ago

Has this been L.A.’s wettest February ever? What the rain forecast has in store

LA Times  

A series of powerful storms brought Los Angeles close to having its wettest February ever recorded. Before Monday’s storm, downtown Los Angeles recorded an incredible 12.56 inches of rain so far this February — a quadrupling of its average February rainfall. Modern record keeping began in 1877, and the record for the rainiest February was in 1998, when an incredible …

California’s rainy season is here. What does it mean for water supply?
1 year, 1 month ago

California’s rainy season is here. What does it mean for water supply?

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — After a dry start to winter, California’s rainy season is finally well under way. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print WHAT ABOUT SNOW? A man shovels snow off his car in the Cleveland National Forest, on Feb. 7, 2024, in eastern San …

Record rainfall, triple-digit winds, hundreds of mudslides. Here’s California’s storm by the numbers
1 year, 1 month ago

Record rainfall, triple-digit winds, hundreds of mudslides. Here’s California’s storm by the numbers

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The slow-moving atmospheric river that was finally moving out of California on Wednesday unleashed record rainfall, triple-digit winds and hundreds of mudslides. While just missing the December 1995 record of 103 mph at Angel Island in San Francisco Bay, “102 is very, very impressive,” said meteorologist Nicole Sarment at the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office. The …

Less rain forecast but historic Southern California storm still threatens flooding and landslides
1 year, 1 month ago

Less rain forecast but historic Southern California storm still threatens flooding and landslides

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The slow-moving storm that parked itself over the region …

‘There’s still a lot of rain to come’: Storm-battered SoCal faces two more days of pain
1 year, 1 month ago

‘There’s still a lot of rain to come’: Storm-battered SoCal faces two more days of pain

LA Times  

A man walks under an umbrella Sunday along Topanga Canyon Boulevard in Malibu as heavy rain falls. Outlook “There’s still a lot of rain to come,” Ryan Kittell, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard, said Monday morning. “There’s a lot of rain left.” The storm has hit Los Angeles County particularly hard, especially in hillside communities including …

Five days, up to 14 inches of rain: See the totals from a drenching few days in Southern California
1 year, 1 month ago

Five days, up to 14 inches of rain: See the totals from a drenching few days in Southern California

LA Times  

Debris lines Fryman Road in Studio City on Monday after nine homes were evacuated because of a landslide from heavy rainfall. Rain totals from the last five days topped 14 inches in parts of the Santa Monica and San Gabriel mountains, including in Topanga and Cogswell Dam north of Monrovia, according to the National Weather Service’s latest counts. And although …

Rain falls across California as thunderstorm threat grows. More storms forecast into weekend
1 year, 4 months ago

Rain falls across California as thunderstorm threat grows. More storms forecast into weekend

LA Times  

Most areas of Southern California can expect up to half an inch of rain Wednesday, forecasters said. Rain moved into Southern California Wednesday as back-to-back storms dancing off the coastline are forecast to bring successive rounds of precipitation into the weekend, according to the National Weather Service. Forecasters also warned Wednesday afternoon about a growing “instability” within the moisture-rich storm, …

Rain is coming to Southern California: How much and when?
1 year, 4 months ago

Rain is coming to Southern California: How much and when?

LA Times  

Forecasters are calling for 100% chance of rain for Los Angeles County through at least Saturday. A strong weather system driven by a moisture-rich atmospheric river is expected to bring significant rain across Southern California later this week, with 1 to 3 inches likely over the span of four days. He expects “moderate amounts of rain without too much collecting, …

Hilary obliterated daily rainfall records. How much fell in your area?
1 year, 7 months ago

Hilary obliterated daily rainfall records. How much fell in your area?

LA Times  

Vehicles cross a flood-control basin that has almost reached the street in Palm Desert, Calif. In just one day, Tropical Storm Hilary blew past daily rainfall records across Southern California, replacing a typically balmy August day with many, many inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service in Oxnard. Los Angeles International Airport received 2.54 inches, and Long Beach …

California deals with surging rivers, sliding rocks and flooded towns as storm passes
2 years ago

California deals with surging rivers, sliding rocks and flooded towns as storm passes

LA Times  

Herbeto Estrada rescues his two birds from his home along Salinas Road in Pajaro, Calif., on Tuesday. The increased flow from the spillway is adding more water to the river and tributaries below, both of which are already full from the last storm, Monteiro said, adding that there is “flood concern.” An orchard worker clears storm drains on a Porterville …

Column: Rains and flooding leave claims of California drought high and dry
2 years, 1 month ago

Column: Rains and flooding leave claims of California drought high and dry

LA Times  

A pedestiran wades through a flooded neighborhood in Aptos in Northern California in January. Two words that government officials always try to avoid saying are “drought’s over” — even when there’s flooding. The definition of drought that I learned in school is pretty much the same as the ones I found in a Google search: “A prolonged period of abnormally …

California sees extensive storm damage as weather calms
2 years, 2 months ago

California sees extensive storm damage as weather calms

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Key roadways remained closed and officials estimated thousand of homes were seriously damaged in California as weeks of wild weather that flooded roadways, collapsed hillsides and toppled countless trees finally became calm Tuesday. “Some roads are completely washed away.” There is no estimated reopening date for State Route 154, a key north-south artery in the county that …

After epic rains, California will have time to dry out. But for how long?
2 years, 2 months ago

After epic rains, California will have time to dry out. But for how long?

LA Times  

Water flows into the Kern River on Monday after storms rolled through Bakersfield. A series of atmospheric river storms that dropped record-breaking rain and unleashed chaos across California will end with a whimper this week, as officials work to tabulate the epic rainfall. It was expected to “bring a quick shot of rain,” with up to half an inch possible …

More rain, snow in California from ninth in series of storms
2 years, 2 months ago

More rain, snow in California from ninth in series of storms

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The ninth atmospheric river in a three-week series of major winter storms was churning through California on Monday, leaving mountain driving dangerous and the flooding risk high near swollen rivers even as the sun came out in some areas. The University of California Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab tweeted Monday morning that it had recorded 49.6 inches …

Last in series of deadly California storms dumps 50 inches of snow in just three days
2 years, 2 months ago

Last in series of deadly California storms dumps 50 inches of snow in just three days

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The last in a three-week series of major winter storms was churning through California on …

California gets more rain and snow, but dry days are ahead
2 years, 2 months ago

California gets more rain and snow, but dry days are ahead

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — More rain and snow fell during the weekend in storm-battered California, making travel dangerous and prompting evacuation warnings over flooding concerns along a swollen river near Sacramento. Bands of gusty thunderstorms started Saturday in the north and spread south, with yet another atmospheric river storm following close behind Sunday, the National Weather Service said. The University of …

California keeps wary eye on flooding after powerful storm
2 years, 2 months ago

California keeps wary eye on flooding after powerful storm

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Flood warnings and watches were …

Rains usher in new year for much of California
2 years, 2 months ago

Rains usher in new year for much of California

LA Times  

Leia Capote, 6, and father, Luis, 40, didn’t have much to look at because of inclement weather outside Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles on Friday. It’s going to be a reasonably difficult driving experience in the L.A. area tonight,” David Sweet, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard, said Saturday. “They’re not in the clear yet.” In anticipation …

From heat and fires to hail and thunder, Southern California hit by wild weather swings
3 years, 1 month ago

From heat and fires to hail and thunder, Southern California hit by wild weather swings

LA Times  

A lifeguard cleans hail off his car in the parking lot at the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center in Pasadena on Tuesday. Lightning, rain and hail hit Southern California just days after an unseasonable heat wave and a pair of brush fires. Days after an unseasonable heat wave helped spark a pair of brush fires, a storm system brought chilly temperatures, …

A stormy holiday delivery: Flash flood warnings, potential debris flows on tap
3 years, 3 months ago

A stormy holiday delivery: Flash flood warnings, potential debris flows on tap

LA Times  

Devynn Turk, visiting from New York, joins last-minute shoppers Thursday making their way through the rain on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. “Near the burn scars, there could be debris flow — we do have definite concern for that given the expected rainfall rate,” said Dan Gregoria, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in San Diego. “Outside …

October’s torrential rains brought some drought relief, but California’s big picture still bleak
3 years, 4 months ago

October’s torrential rains brought some drought relief, but California’s big picture still bleak

LA Times  

A car crosses a flooded parking lot in Oroville, Calif., after a massive storm last month caused flooding across the northern half of the state. Still, climate experts expressed hope that the atmospheric river that landed in late October could improve the drought in parts of Northern California, where some areas experienced rain that sank hundred-year records. Although the state’s …

Record rainfall drenches drought-stricken California and douses wildfires
3 years, 5 months ago

Record rainfall drenches drought-stricken California and douses wildfires

NPR  

Record rainfall drenches drought-stricken California and douses wildfires Enlarge this image toggle caption Sarah Reingewirtz/AP Sarah Reingewirtz/AP SAN FRANCISCO — A powerful storm that swept through California set rainfall records and helped douse wildfires. Enlarge this image toggle caption Brittany Murray/AP Brittany Murray/AP The National Weather Service called preliminary rainfall totals "staggering," including 11 inches at the base of Marin …

Storm shatters rainfall records in Southern California. Who got the most?
3 years, 5 months ago

Storm shatters rainfall records in Southern California. Who got the most?

LA Times  

Rain didn’t stop Cristina Henriquez from taking Obiwan for his daily walk in downtown Los Angeles on Monday. Rocky Butte, tucked in the Santa Lucia Mountains of northwestern San Luis Obispo County, was walloped with 5.71 inches — the highest amount recorded in the forecast area. Rocky Butte 5.71" SLO Cal Poly 5.46" San Marcos Pass 4.54" Santa Margarita W …

California rains break all-time records, spurring floods and mudslides
3 years, 5 months ago

California rains break all-time records, spurring floods and mudslides

LA Times  

Northern California saw record rainfall Sunday from an atmospheric river storm system. Downtown Sacramento reported an all-time record 24-hour rainfall total of 5.44 inches, surpassing a mark set in 1880, officials announced early Monday. And in the Bay Area, the 4.02 inches of rain that fell Sunday marked the wettest October day ever in downtown San Francisco, and the city’s …

Not even record-breaking rainstorm will end California’s drought, experts say
3 years, 5 months ago

Not even record-breaking rainstorm will end California’s drought, experts say

LA Times  

A road-closed sign floats on a flooded street in San Rafael. Currently “we’re in a weak La Niña phase,” but it’s expected to become moderate to strong in November or early December, as sea-surface temperatures become even cooler, said Mike DeFlorio, a research analyst with the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, a department …

Forecasters: California storm could bring 'historic' rain
3 years, 5 months ago

Forecasters: California storm could bring 'historic' rain

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A powerful storm roared ashore …

California records driest year in a century
3 years, 5 months ago

California records driest year in a century

LA Times  

Dried mud and a stranded buoy are seen on the lakebed at Lake Oroville. In a year of both extreme heat and extreme drought, California has reported its driest water year in terms of precipitation in a century, and experts fear the coming 12 months could be even worse. Climatologists have compared the drought conditions that spanned 2020 and 2021 …

Rain creeps into Southern California with surprise late July showers: ‘This is unusual’
3 years, 8 months ago

Rain creeps into Southern California with surprise late July showers: ‘This is unusual’

LA Times  

A pedestrian is reflected in a puddle in Hermosa Beach on Monday after rain passed through the area. Downtown Los Angeles recorded 0.12 inch of rain, three times the previous daily record set in 2013 and enough to make it the area’s third-wettest July on record. Monday’s rainfall was unusual, given that Los Angeles often records “just a couple-hundredths of …

Alarmingly low rain levels prime California for fire danger in summer, fall
3 years, 8 months ago

Alarmingly low rain levels prime California for fire danger in summer, fall

LA Times  

Boats are docked at a marina hundreds of feet from where they are usually moored because water levels at Lake Shasta have fallen during the drought. “Rain years” are measured from the beginning of July to the end of June, and the last 12 months were the seventh driest in Los Angeles’ 144 years of records, said Jan Null, meteorologist …

This year will likely be critically dry for California, state officials say
4 years ago

This year will likely be critically dry for California, state officials say

LA Times  

The winter storms that dumped heavy snow and rain across California early in 2021 are likely not enough to negate what will be a critically dry year, state water officials believe. Without any serious storms on the horizon, California will end this year dry, Sean de Guzman, the department’s chief of Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting, said at a …

Rainfall season was a ‘roller coaster ride’ when two wettest months turned dry
4 years, 8 months ago

Rainfall season was a ‘roller coaster ride’ when two wettest months turned dry

LA Times  

The 2019-20 rainfall season that ended on June 30 was nearly average for most of Southern California, but was far from normal. Downtown Los Angeles ended up with 14.88 inches of rain for the period from July 1 to June 30, the historical meteorological rainfall season. You think you’re out, and you’re back in again.” Citing the long-term nature of …

Record rainfall soaks parts of Southern California — is a ‘March miracle’ emerging?
5 years ago

Record rainfall soaks parts of Southern California — is a ‘March miracle’ emerging?

LA Times  

A Disneyland employee walks through the entrance to Disneyland during a rain shower in Anaheim on Thursday. A slow-moving storm brought record rainfall to parts of Southern California, reigniting hopes of a “March miracle” following a bone-dry start to the year. More than 2 inches fell in some parts of Los Angeles County over a 24-hour period that ended early …

California’s super-dry February raises specter of early fires and drawn-down reservoirs
5 years ago

California’s super-dry February raises specter of early fires and drawn-down reservoirs

LA Times  

Satellite images released in February by the National Weather Service office in Sacramento show what a difference a year makes in terms of Sierra snowfall. California is set to conclude one of its driest Februaries in recorded history, elevating fears the state’s always-unpredictable fire season could arrive early this year — if March doesn’t provide some wet relief. After an …

Is California headed back into drought, or did we never really leave one?
5 years, 1 month ago

Is California headed back into drought, or did we never really leave one?

LA Times  

Rancher Jon Pedotti walks on a parched lake bed near Cambria in 2014. Climatologist and weather expert Bill Patzert thinks Southern California continues to be mired in a two-decade drought, and he uses rainfall figures for downtown Los Angeles to illustrate his point. The period from 2012 to 2016 accounted for the five driest consecutive years on record, when the …

More rain ahead following wettest November in years for parts of L.A. County
5 years, 3 months ago

More rain ahead following wettest November in years for parts of L.A. County

LA Times  

Clouds linger over downtown Los Angeles skyscrapers as a storm rolls through the Los Angeles Basin last week. A series of storms that battered Southern California last month brought more rain to portions of Los Angeles County than residents had seen during the same month in nearly a decade. The storms, which arrived in the region in late November, dumped …

California wastes most of its rainwater, which simply goes down the drain
6 years, 1 month ago

California wastes most of its rainwater, which simply goes down the drain

LA Times  

California’s wet winter has dumped an estimated 18 trillion gallons of rain in February alone. “When you look at the Los Angeles River being between 50% and 70% full during a storm, you realize that more water is running down the river into the ocean than what Los Angeles would use in close to a year,” said Mark Gold, associate …

From extreme drought to record rain: Why California’s drought-to-deluge cycle is getting worse
7 years, 11 months ago

From extreme drought to record rain: Why California’s drought-to-deluge cycle is getting worse

LA Times  

It could be the wettest season on record in the northern Sierra. “We went from a driest-on-record scenario to a wettest-on-record scenario,” said David Rizzardo, chief of the snow survey section at the California Department of Water Resources. Exceptional water flows into the state’s second-largest reservoir came not only from a constant stream of “atmospheric river” storms that happened to …

California is suffering its driest spell for at least 1,200 years and is now 100 per cent in drought
10 years, 3 months ago

California is suffering its driest spell for at least 1,200 years and is now 100 per cent in drought

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The current drought in …

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