Little precipitation in S. Cal :( (Los Angeles, San Diego: compensation, live, beach)

[Mattias]

I wish S. California had little more precipitation than what it has today.
Okey, I hate very rainy places too, but I hate too dry places too.

Like 15 - 20'' of annual rainfall is PERFECT! (Although NJ has around 40'' - too much)

[missionhome]

But then when there is .0001 inches of rain, the news can get all excited and have something to talk about for fifteen minutes: STORM WATCH 2008

[Mattias]

Originally Posted by missionhome

But then when there is .0001 inches of rain, the news can get all excited and have something to talk about for fifteen minutes: STORM WATCH 2008

Storm watch of what? lol

Your City has perfect temperatures but too dry

[Kullingar]

I agree w/ u

[LoneStarJerry]

I like it as is.

[Fleet]

Los Angeles averages 15".

[happ]

I wish we had more rain & in-fact nobody complains when it rains because it doesn't happen very much. During summer it is bone dry except a rare thunderstorm [like last night]. It doesn't begin to rain until November & basically ends in early April. Winter can be weeks of sun followed by a few days of rain & then repeats that cycles. Some winters can get huge amounts of rainfall but it usually happens in just a few storms. Average rainfall in Los Angeles varies from around 12 inches at the airport/beach to 18 inches inland near mountains.

[Zapparulez]

I lived in San Diego for a big chunk of my life and it seemed like the only time we got any significant rain was when the occasional hurricane hit us. Normally they don't go north of Baja, but every once in a while we get slammed. I recall driving along the streets following the brake lights directly in front of me because I couldn't see through the puddle that formed instantly on my windshield after each pass of the wiper blades. I also recall giant trees falling on a brand new mustang and a brand new SUV that were parked on the street, my piece of crap 78 Audi was parked directly behind the SUV. I remember laughing at the irony of that.

btw, Southern California is a desert. However, it gets most of its water from northern California which keeps it from fully becoming a desert. Thanks to that, we up north no longer get to enjoy lakes like Shasta Lake or Folsom Lake which are nearly empty now because of a drought up here as well. The water issue is also one of the main reasons why many of us want to split the state of California into two states. At least then, we up north would get PAID for the water that southern Californians use. Right now it's just taken without compensation...we up north just get forced water conservation by the state.

[sav858]

I wouldn't mind something around 20"-25" inches of rain a year along the coast and inland instead of the 10"-15" most places get. Then maybe we might actually have some trees in our hills and mountains plus it looks so nice when everything is green in winter.

[Sorcerer68]

After the deluge of 180 inches a year I experienced when I ran away to the wet side of the Big Island of Hawaii, I'm perfectly fine with the climate here.