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Atmospheric River Bringing Heavy Rain to Southern California and Heavy Snow to the Sierra Nevadas

A strong atmospheric river will continue heavy rain over southern California through Friday. The heaviest rainfall is ongoing today in the Los Angeles Basin. Flash and urban flooding is possible. A prolonged heavy snowfall has begun over the Sierra Nevada Mountains and will continue through Friday. Travel will become increasingly difficult over the passes due to snow and strong winds. Read More >

Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Ann.
1950 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1952 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1953 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
1954 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1955 0 0 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
1956 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
1957 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 6
1958 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
1959 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1960 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
1962 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 6
1963 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1965 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1967 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1968 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1969 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
1970 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
1971 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
1973 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
1975 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1977 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9
1978 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1979 0 0 0 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
1980 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
1981 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1982 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1983 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1984 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1986 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11
1987 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1990 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1991 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1993 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9
1994 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
1995 0 0 0 6 3 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
1996 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 6
1998 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1999 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
2000 0 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
2001 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
2002 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
2004 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
2005 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
2006 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2007 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
2008 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
2012 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2013 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2014 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2015 0 0 0 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
2018 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2019 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
2020 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
2021 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
2022 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
2023 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2024 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9
Total 0 2 16 87 125 33 3 17 6 3 2 0 295
Average 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.2 1.7 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.9
Most 0 1 2 8 13 14 1 2 2 1 1 0 23
Year None 1994
2000
1993
1992
1972
2021
1979 2015 1995 1961
1955
1997
1972
1962
1953
1957 2004
1993
1957

 

2024
2011
1958

 

None 1995
Preliminary Numbers for 2025
2025 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 0