2023-2024 California Rainfall Season

Notes:
-  There may be a minor differences between these figures and those published by some NWS offices and Calif. DWR, which uses the Oct. 1 Water Year instead of the historical California meteorological rainfall season of July 1 to June 30. See https://ggweather.posthaven.com/rainfall-season-vs-water-year

 The averages for the three Sierra Nevada Indices (Northern Sierra, San Joaquin and Tulare) have been recalculated to correspond with the standardized 1991-2020 30-year normals.
July 1 2023 - June 30,2024
Northern California Rain (in.) Normal % Normal
Crescent City 75.58 57.98 130%
Eureka 48.74 40.40 121%
Ukiah 38.49 34.84 110%
Alturas 12.03 11.68 103%
Mount Shasta City 42.15 42.63 99%
Redding 33.00 33.52 98%
Red Bluff 22.20 23.12 96%
Sacramento Exec AP 17.68 18.14 97%
Blue Canyon 61.88 62.44 99%
South Lake Tahoe 14.84 20.46 73%
Santa Rosa 37.14 33.78 110%
San Francisco Downtown 25.82 22.89 113%
SFO Airport 20.19 19.64 103%
Oakland Museum 16.34 18.68 91%
Livermore 14.28 15.18 94%
San Jose 17.14 13.48 127%
Northern Sierra Index (8SI) 49.73 52.81 94%
Central California Rain (in.) Normal % Normal
Stockton 14.37 13.45 107%
Modesto 18.01 12.27 147%
Merced 15.32 11.80 130%
Madera 10.10 10.79 94%
Fresno 10.18 10.99 93%
Hanford 9.14 8.13 112%
Bakersfield 7.91 6.36 124%
Bishop 6.67 4.84 138%
Death Valley 5.44 2.20 247%
Salinas 14.83 12.58 118%
Paso Robles 18.12 12.15 149%
Santa Maria 17.52 13.32 132%
Central Sierra Index (5SI) 34.41 39.58 87%
Southern Sierra Index (6SI) 25.42 27.87 91%
Southern California Rain (in.) Normal % Normal
Sandberg 24.93 13.14 190%
Palmdale 11.08 5.90 188%
Lancaster 11.69 6.81 172%
Santa Barbara 25.46 17.25 148%
Camarillo 18.00 12.01 150%
Burbank - Bob Hope 23.24 13.91 167%
LAX Airport 22.21 12.23 182%
Los Angeles Downtown 25.19 14.25 177%
Long Beach 23.77 12.02 198%
Irvine - John Wayne 16.77 11.18 150%
Ontario 19.80 11.64 170%
Riverside 14.63 9.39 156%
Oceanside 18.19 11.86 153%
San Diego - Lindbergh 14.30 9.79 146%
Ramona 17.51 14.65 120%
Palm Springs 6.47 4.61 140%
Thermal 6.69 2.96 226%
Barstow-Daggett 4.25 3.77 113%
Needles 4.00 4.32 93%

produced by
Jan Null, CCM
Golden Gate Weather Services
jnull@ggweather.com