City in LA/OC County with most annual precipitation (Los Angeles: work, weather)

[Mattias]

What city in Los Angeles County and Orange County recieves the most annual precipitation? Give me few cities so I could check to see the average annual rainfall on weather.com.

And if you know: What city in those counties have avg. summer high temperatures into the 80's and lows of 60's? That would be my dream!

Does any city in LA/OC County have some snowfall during winter?

[Charles]

I'd bet Big Bear City or one of the mountain towns would be the answer to your rain question.

Where would you be working?

[L-88]

Originally Posted by Charles

I'd bet Big Bear City or one of the mountain towns would be the answer to your rain question.

Where would you be working?

Big Bear is in San Bernardino County.

Baldy Village or any of those cities along the western foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains probably has that distinction.

No snow except at about the 6,000 foot levels of the mountains in the dead of winter.

[Mattias]

Originally Posted by Charles

I'd bet Big Bear City or one of the mountain towns would be the answer to your rain question.

Where would you be working?

That city is not even in OC or LA County. But I love their annual precipitation but not the temperatures, it's below freezing at winter and huge temperature difference between day and night, which I hate.

[Mattias]

Originally Posted by L-88

Big Bear is in San Bernardino County.

Baldy Village or any of those cities along the western foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains probably has that distinction.

No snow except at about the 6,000 foot levels of the mountains in the dead of winter.

What cities would it be?

[Charles]

Originally Posted by L-88

Big Bear is in San Bernardino County.

Oops, my bad...was thinking all of Southern California...but in context, probably one of the mountain towns in the counties mentioned by the original poster.

[EscapeCalifornia]

Your temp range is available within about 5 miles of the Pacific anywhere in LA or OC. Bring your checkbook because its very expensive to live that close to the water.

LA and OC are not rainy. There's very little difference in rainfall between any of the cities here. You've got to go a lot farther north like Santa Barbara or San Luis Obispo counties if you want more rain.

I've seen your other posts and it sounds like you're hoping somehow that someone will tell you that LA/OC's climate what you want it to be but not what it really is.

[Mattias]

Originally Posted by EscapeCalifornia

Your temp range is available within about 5 miles of the Pacific anywhere in LA or OC. Bring your checkbook because its very expensive to live that close to the water.

LA and OC are not rainy. There's very little difference in rainfall between any of the cities here. You've got to go a lot farther north like Santa Barbara or San Luis Obispo counties if you want more rain.

I've seen your other posts and it sounds like you're hoping somehow that someone will tell you that LA/OC's climate what you want it to be but not what it really is.

Well I found that La Canada Flintridge, CA is in LA County and has 20 inches of annual precipitation, but I don't like the summer temps into the low 90s, way to hot.

[EscapeCalifornia]

Originally Posted by Mattias

Well I found that La Canada Flintridge, CA is in LA County and has 20 inches of annual precipitation, but I don't like the summer temps into the low 90s, way to hot.

Summer highs into the 90's are pretty common around here unless you're close to the water. Its not 90+ daily all summer, but its still pretty hot inland. And average rainfalls are just that: averages. LA's average might be 15" a year, but we'll have several years with 5-10", then get one with 30". SoCal is generally hot and dry unless you're within 5 miles of the ocean.

[MtnSurfer]

Originally Posted by EscapeCalifornia

Summer highs into the 90's are pretty common around here unless you're close to the water. Its not 90+ daily all summer, but its still pretty hot inland. And average rainfalls are just that: averages. LA's average might be 15" a year, but we'll have several years with 5-10", then get one with 30". SoCal is generally hot and dry unless you're within 5 miles of the ocean.

EscapeCalifornia summed it up. You are not going to find the rainfall totals & temps you are looking for in LA County - it is a semi arid desert climate which 'occasionally' gets more rain during El Nino years. But that is it really.

To get more normal annual rainfall you need to go north of LA bottom line.