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Old 01-20-2017, 04:45 PM
 
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It can be difficult to find full precip totals online, but I can at least tell you that since November 1st here in central Orange County, I've recorded 8.97 inches.
Thanks!

Rain Season Oct 1 to date (Jan 19, 2017)

NorCal
Sacramento total to date 18.04 inches

Central Cal
Fresno total to date 8.90 inches

SoCal
Fullerton total to date 9.09 inches
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Old 01-20-2017, 06:18 PM
 
Location: Westminster/Huntington Beach, CA
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Thanks!

Rain Season Oct 1 to date (Jan 19, 2017)

NorCal
Sacramento total to date 18.04 inches

Central Cal
Fresno total to date 8.90 inches

SoCal
Fullerton total to date 9.09 inches
Cool. Do you know of a site that I can find NOAA's daily/monthly precip totals by city or station? Need to add October to my totals.
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Old 01-20-2017, 09:36 PM
 
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Cool. Do you know of a site that I can find NOAA's daily/monthly precip totals by city or station? Need to add October to my totals.
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/cnrfc/verspr...=RSA&version=0

Rainy Season Oct 1 to date (Jan 20, 2017)

NorCal
Crescent City 55.61
Santa Rosa 34.78
Eureka 34.43
Redding 28.72
Sacramento 18.71 inches
San Francisco 16.84 inches
San Jose 8.99 inches


Central Cal
Stockton 11.78 inches
Modesto 9.99 inches

Santa Maria 9.77 inches
Fresno 9.30 inches
Bakersfield 5.52

SoCal
Santa Barbara 12.02 inches
Los Angeles 11.33 inches
Fullerton total 10.22 inches

Riverside 8.65 inches
San Diego 7.14 inches
Palm Springs total 3.15 inches

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Old 01-20-2017, 10:08 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/cnrfc/verspr...=RSA&version=0

Rain Season Oct 1 to date (Jan 20, 2017)

NorCal
Crescent City 55.61
Santa Rosa 34.78
Eureka 34.43
Redding 28.72
Sacramento 18.71 inches
San Francisco 16.84 inches
San Jose 8.99 inches


Central Cal
Stockton 11.78 inches
Modesto 9.99 inches

Santa Maria 9.77 inches
Fresno 9.30 inches
Bakersfield 5.52

SoCal
Santa Barbara to date 12.02 inches
Los Angeles 11.33 inches
Fullerton total to date 10.22 inches

Riverside 8.65 inches
San Diego 7.14 inches
Palm Springs total to date 3.15 inches
That Santa Rosa total is amazing. Does Santa Rosa usually have that much more rain than Sacramento or even Redding?
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Old 01-20-2017, 10:30 PM
 
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That Santa Rosa total is amazing. Does Santa Rosa usually have that much more rain than Sacramento or even Redding?
The average rainfall for the entire USA is 30.21 inches

Austin's average, 34 inches/yr. (which season gets the most? is it pretty evenly spaced throughout the year?

Ukiah, Santa Rosa, Redding and the Foothills of the Sierra such as Placerville and Auburn(which is part of the Sac Metro) get 33-37 inches/yr. (90% of it comes in Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb.)

Sac and SF average 18-22 inches/yr (90% of it comes in Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb.)

As you can see Southern Cal(the non desert parts) is prettier darn dry, 8-14 inches/yr. Desert parts 1-3 inches/yr

BTW, I'm in SLT (South Lake Tahoe) and we just had a hour long heavy snow shower. Within 35mins drive of my Sacramento home, the snow on the ground was around 2-4 feet. In 1hr, 35mins at Lake Level of Tahoe (6,225 feet) snow on the ground is around 5-6 feet. Base of Tahoe Ski resorts(7,000feet) is around 8-9 feet, Upper heights of the ski resorts(8,000-9,500 feet) 13-15 feet of snow. We were going to Shasta but felt like a shorter drive, and Nevada style gambling so switched to Tahoe.

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Old 01-21-2017, 12:26 AM
 
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Drought is over!
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Old 01-21-2017, 12:43 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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The average rainfall for the entire USA is 30.21 inches

Austin's average, 34 inches/yr. (which season gets the most? is it pretty evenly spaced throughout the year?

Ukiah, Santa Rosa, Redding and the Foothills of the Sierra such as Placerville and Auburn(which is part of the Sac Metro) get 33-37 inches/yr. (90% of it comes in Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb.)

Sac and SF average 18-22 inches/yr (90% of it comes in Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb.)

As you can see Southern Cal(the non desert parts) is prettier darn dry, 8-14 inches/yr. Desert parts 1-3 inches/yr

BTW, I'm in SLT (South Lake Tahoe) and we just had a hour long heavy snow shower. Within 35mins drive of my Sacramento home, the snow on the ground was around 2-4 feet. In 1hr, 35mins at Lake Level of Tahoe (6,225 feet) snow on the ground is around 5-6 feet. Base of Tahoe Ski resorts(7,000feet) is around 8-9 feet, Upper heights of the ski resorts(8,000-9,500 feet) 13-15 feet of snow. We were going to Shasta but felt like a shorter drive, and Nevada style gambling so switched to Tahoe.
The rain in Austin, like California is highly variable. Our maximum is in spring and fall and minimum at the height of summer. Winter rains happen in El Nino and transitional El to La Nino years like this (we've had around 2 weeks of non-stop rain as of late although today is sunny and warm). In La Nino years we still get spring rains but greatly reduced and summer, fall, and winter is a drought. We also can get significant rainfall in the summer if a tropical storm or hurricane hits, but that is very rare.
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Old 01-21-2017, 05:51 PM
 
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The rain in Austin, like California is highly variable. Our maximum is in spring and fall and minimum at the height of summer. Winter rains happen in El Nino and transitional El to La Nino years like this (we've had around 2 weeks of non-stop rain as of late although today is sunny and warm). In La Nino years we still get spring rains but greatly reduced and summer, fall, and winter is a drought. We also can get significant rainfall in the summer if a tropical storm or hurricane hits, but that is very rare.
but it rains so much harder in Austin.
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Old 01-21-2017, 06:31 PM
 
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Drought is over!
Just in time for me to move back to CA.
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Old 01-21-2017, 07:19 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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but it rains so much harder in Austin.
Yes, and we get thunder and lightning. When it rains I like a show!
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