Does San Diego get a good deal of storms? (appointed, house)

[ComfortablyNumb]

I'm just wondering because I need a good storm now and then...

[twanster1201]

Thunderstorms? Only once in my 4 years of living here. Even then it was more thunder than rain. I will have to say I did experienced "rolling thunder" during that storm. I could hear the thunder moving in off the ocean and felt it move through myself and the house on its way inland.

[NYSD1995]

We're desperate for rain. When a big storm comes through, it pours. But they are sometimes years apart.

[Huckleberry3911948]

no hardly any weather at all.
im lookin at a glorious sunset thru the fig an palm trees as i type this.
ps
if you want good weather and prosperity come to california
if you want good manners go to mississippi

[joe4702]

If you want windstorms, we do get those on occasion, unfortunately sometimes accompanied by fire.

However, T-storms are pretty rare. I could probably count the number of lightning bolts I've seen in 10 years living here. Thunderheads do pop up in the mountains east of San Diego at certain times of the year.

We get occasional pacific storms in the winter. Those are typically cold, light to moderate periods of rain and sometimes wind, and may last a day or three.

Otherwise, the weather is non-stormy the vast majority of the time.

This site has a lot of interesting climate data on the western states:

Historical Climate Information - Western Regional Climate Center

[Desertho]

San Diego is very dry, rarely rains, practically a desert. It gets 4.4 in less rain than LA on average: Climatology Comparison for San Diego, CA - weather.com

Remember that a desert is defined as having less than 10 inches a year of rain--SD gets a little over that.

[ComfortablyNumb]

Damn, I expected it to be a greenish city from the pictures, not all tan and dry like LA.

[SanAntoQT]

I was in for a surprise when I first moved here and the weather forecasters went on and on about an impending storm. Coming from Texas, I was expecting a full blown thunderstorm, with lightning. I have to admit I was a bit disappointed when the "storm" turned out to be a few sprinkles and no thunder. *lol*

[roger9552]

I have been here for 27 years and have seen maybe a dozen thunderstorms. Most rain comes in the winter but most winters are not very wet. 10 inches is the average (measured at the airport) but this year we have had about 3. I remember an El Nino year in the 80's when downtown San Diego had like 22 inches. Very rarely do we get any rain ( more like a few drops enough to wet the street) in the summer and it is usually around Labor Day weekend.

[JakeDog]

Originally Posted by ComfortablyNumb

Damn, I expected it to be a greenish city from the pictures, not all tan and dry like LA.

It is pretty green. Just no rain.