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Northwestern California has a temperate climate with rainfall of 15 inches (380 mm) to 50 inches (1,300 mm) per year. Some areas of Coast Redwood forest receive over 100 inches (2,500 mm) of precipitation per year.
Since the start of the new water year (Oct. 1), there has only been 0.16 of an inch of rain. The historical average rainfall from Oct. 1 to Jan. 23 is 6.09 inches, so only 2% of the average rain ...
"California will be impacted by yet another atmospheric river this rainy season, delivering moisture to area ... have only recorded about 56% of their historical average rainfall. ... The Today Show.
During El Niño events, precipitation averages about 10 percent above normal, while La Niña events lead to precipitation amounts which average close to 10 percent below normal. [79] Pago Pago harbor in American Samoa has the highest annual rainfall of any harbor in the world. [80] This is due to the nearby Rainmaker Mountain. [80]
Parts of California have received only two-thirds or less of normal rainfall over the last three seasons. A year's worth of Northern California's rainfall has gone missing since 2019 Skip to main ...
For reference, Downtown Los Angeles only averages 14.25 inches (362 mm) of rain in a normal rain year. [20] Heavy rainfall caused more than 300 landslides and severe flash flooding throughout the state. [21] San Diego received record rainfall for California at higher elevations causing floods and prompting road closures.
That’s more than double the 30-year normal rainfall of 3.88 inches for the season to date, and well on the way to approaching the 30-year normal of 10.99 inches for the entire water season that ...
Lack of rainfall had caused the mouths of rivers to be blocked off by sand bars which further prevented fish from reaching their spawning grounds. Stafford Lehr, Chief of Fisheries within the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said that 95% of winter run salmon did not survive in 2013. [8] Percent area in U.S. Drought Monitor categories ...