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Northwestern California has a temperate climate with rainfall of 15 inches (380 mm) to 50 inches (1,300 mm) per year. Some areas of Coast Redwood forest receive over 100 inches (2,500 mm) of precipitation per year. The Central Valley has a wide range of precipitation.
For reference, Downtown Los Angeles only averages 14.25 inches (362 mm) of rain in a normal rain year. [20] Heavy rainfall caused more than 300 landslides and severe flash flooding throughout the state. [21] San Diego received record rainfall for California at higher elevations causing floods and prompting road closures.
The early part of the 1962-63 water year was also very dry, with downtown L.A. receiving only 0.16 of an inch of rain by Jan. 13, 1963. Downtown L.A.'s annual average rainfall is 14.25 inches.
Guam's climate is moderated by east to northeast trade winds through the year. The average annual rainfall for the island is 86 inches (2,200 mm). [74] There is a distinct dry season from January to June, and a rainy season from July to December. [75] Typhoons frequent the island, which can lead to excessive rainfall. During El Niño years, dry ...
Rain continues to fall in Southern California from an atmospheric river, raising the risk for additional mudslides with more than 120 reported so far in Los Angeles.
Southern California rain totals from the latest atmospheric river storm topped 10 inches in some areas, easily besting the average for the entire month of February.
The wettest “rain year” from July to the following June was 1883/1884 with 38.18 inches (969.8 mm), and the driest 2006/2007 with 3.21 inches (81.5 mm). [41] The greatest rainfall in one month was 15.80 inches (401.3 mm) in December 1889, which also had the most days – twenty – receiving at least 0.01 inches (0.3 mm) of rain.
Tropical Storm Hilary blew past daily rainfall records across Southern California, ... NWS data at Furnace Creek recorded 2.20 inches of rain — the park's average annual rainfall for a year.