2025-2026 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.
California Rainfall 2025-2026
Season (Jul 1 to Jun 30)
Northern California Rain (in.) Normal % Normal
Crescent City 43.72 57.98 75%
Eureka 35.59 40.40 88%
Ukiah 31.26 34.84 90%
Alturas 12.47 11.68 107%
Mount Shasta City 36.89 42.63 87%
Redding 31.44 33.52 94%
Red Bluff 24.53 23.12 106%
Sacramento Exec AP 16.86 18.14 93%
Blue Canyon 72.27 62.44 116%
South Lake Tahoe 21.34 20.46 104%
Santa Rosa 26.67 33.78 79%
San Francisco Downtown 20.87 22.89 91%
SFO Airport 19.65 19.64 100%
Oakland Airport 17.91 18.68 96%
Livermore 12.34 15.18 81%
San Jose 13.17 13.48 98%
Nrn Sierra Index (8SI) 52.34 52.81 99%
Central California Rain (in.) Normal % Normal
Stockton 15.17 13.45 113%
Modesto 12.91 12.27 105%
Merced 10.19 11.80 86%
Madera 10.60 10.79 98%
Fresno 11.59 10.99 105%
Hanford 8.96 8.13 110%
Bakersfield 7.05 6.36 111%
Bishop 7.83 4.84 162%
Death Valley 3.53 2.20 160%
Salinas 13.30 12.58 106%
Paso Robles 14.28 12.15 118%
Santa Maria 15.62 13.32 117%
Central Sierra Index (5SI) 36.56 39.58 92%
Srn Sierra Index (6SI) 25.44 27.87 91%
Southern California Rain (in.) Normal % Normal
Sandberg 23.65 13.14 180%
Palmdale 8.07 5.90 137%
Lancaster 9.07 6.81 133%
Santa Barbara 23.71 17.25 137%
Camarillo 17.73 12.01 148%
Burbank - Bob Hope 19.71 13.91 142%
LAX Airport 13.57 12.23 111%
Los Angeles Downtown 19.07 14.25 134%
Long Beach 13.29 12.02 111%
Irvine - John Wayne 11.25 11.18 101%
Oceanside 10.14 11.86 85%
Ramona 12.14 14.65 83%
San Diego - Lindbergh 10.60 9.79 108%
Ontario 12.20 11.64 105%
Riverside 7.94 9.39 85%
Palm Springs 4.76 4.61 103%
Thermal 2.64 2.96 89%
Barstow-Daggett 3.72 3.77 99%
Needles 2.82 4.32 65%

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