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The dryest rainy season in Los Angeles history
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/lox/Assets/pns_05_01_07.pdf
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
610 AM PDT MON MAY 1 2007
...IT IS STILL THE DRIEST RAIN SEASON TO DATE IN DOWNTOWN LOS
ANGELES...
...PRECIPITATION CONTINUES AT RECORD OR NEAR RECORD LOW VALUES TO
DATE ACROSS THE SOUTHLAND...
DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL...DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES RECEIVED 0.74
INCHES OF RAIN...SLIGHTLY BELOW THE NORMAL APRIL RAINFALL OF 0.83
INCHES. THIS BROUGHT THE TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE SEASON SO FAR TO
3.21 INCHES. ON THE 20TH...DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES RECEIVED 0.50 INCHES
OF RAIN IN THE WETTEST STORM OF THE SEASON. THAT WAS THE FIRST DAY OF
THE RAIN SEASON ON WHICH ONE HALF INCH OR MORE OF RAIN WAS RECORDED.
NEVER HAS DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES GONE SO FAR INTO THE RAIN SEASON WITHOUT
SUCH A DAY. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS DURING THE 1923-1924 SEASON...WHEN
THE FIRST DAY WITH ONE HALF INCH OR MORE OF RAIN WAS MARCH 2ND 1924.
THE RECORD FEWEST NUMBER OF DAYS WITH ONE HALF INCH OR MORE OF RAIN IS
2...DURING THE WINTER OF 2001-2002.
THIS RAIN SEASON CONTINUES TO BE THE DRIEST TO DATE IN DOWNTOWN LOS
ANGELES SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1877. FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE
SEASON...JULY 1ST 2006...THROUGH APRIL 30TH 2007...DOWNTOWN LOS
ANGELES HAS RECEIVED JUST 3.21 INCHES OF RAIN. THAT IS NEARLY ONE
FOOT OR 11.56 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE END
OF APRIL...WHICH IS 14.77 INCHES. THIS IS ALSO JUST 22 PERCENT OF
NORMAL RAINFALL FOR THAT PERIOD. IF DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES RECEIVES
LESS THAN 1.20 INCHES OF RAIN FROM NOW THROUGH JUNE 30TH...THIS WILL
BECOME THE DRIEST RAIN SEASON EVER. CURRENTLY THAT TITLE BELONGS TO
THE WINTER OF 2001-2002...WHEN 4.42 INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECORDED.
THE AVERAGE RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF MAY IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES
IS 0.31 INCHES...WHILE THE AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE IS JUST
0.06 INCHES. NORMAL SEASONAL RAINFALL AT DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES
IS 15.14 INCHES.
SEASONS WITH THE LEAST RAINFALL FROM JULY 1ST THROUGH APRIL 30TH
ARE LISTED BELOW.
RANK WATER PRECIP % OF NORMAL FINAL SEASONAL
SEASON 7/1-4/30 THRU 4/30 RAINFALL
(7/1-6/30)
1.........(2006-2007)....3.21"........22%..............????"
2.........(2001-2002)....4.36"........30%..............4.42"*
3.........(1960-1961)....4.85"........33%..............4.85"
4.........(1898-1899)....4.97"........34%..............5.59"
5.........(1897-1898)....5.31"........36%..............7.06"
6.........(1958-1959)....5.58"........38%..............5.58"
7.........(1899-1900)....6.10"........41%..............7.91"
8.........(1989-1990)....6.18"........42%..............7.35"
9.........(1893-1894)....6.53"........44%..............6.73"
10........(1923-1924)....6.67"........45%..............6.67"
* DRIEST SEASON EVER IN LOS ANGELES
DURING THE DRIEST SEASON EVER...THE 2001-2002 SEASON...PRECIPITATION
FROM JULY 1ST 2001 TO APRIL 30TH 2002 WAS 4.36 INCHES...MORE THAN
1 INCH GREATER THAN THIS SEASON TO DATE. IN THAT SEASON...ONLY 0.06
INCHES FELL DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON...THE MONTHS OF MAY AND
JUNE.
A REVIEW OF THE RAINFALL AT MANY OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN
CALIFORNIA FROM JULY 1ST 2006 TO APRIL 30TH 2007 INDICATES HOW
PERVASIVE AND WIDESPREAD THE DRY WEATHER HAS BEEN. MOST STATIONS IN
VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES RECEIVED AROUND OR LESS THAN
25 PERCENT OF THE NORMAL RAINFALL FOR THIS PERIOD...WHILE LOCATIONS
IN SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN
30 AND 45 PERCENT OF NORMAL RAINFALL. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF
RAINFALL STATISTICS FOR SELECTED CITIES AROUND SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.
SEASONAL NORMAL % NORM RAINFALL NORMAL
RAINFALL RAINFALL RAINFALL LAST YEAR SEASONAL
7/1-4/30 7/1-4/30 TO DATE THRU 4/30 RAINFALL
-------- -------- -------- --------- --------
DOWNTOWN L.A. 3.21" 14.77" 22% 12.34" 15.14"
LOS ANGELES ARPT 2.63" 12.83" 18% 10.28" 13.15"
LONG BEACH ARPT 2.10" 12.63" 17% 8.03" 12.94"
LANCASTER 1.40" 7.11" 20% 6.46" 7.40"
PALMDALE 0.65" 7.14" 9% 6.91" 7.36"
CAMARILLO ARPT 3.43" 15.30" 22% 11.94" 15.62"
SANTA BARBARA ARPT 7.15" 16.65" 43% 20.06" 16.93"
SANTA MARIA ARPT 5.07" 13.64" 37% 15.93" 14.01"
PASO ROBLES ARPT 3.93" 12.83" 31% 13.46" 13.08"
SANDBERG 5.03" 12.25" 41% 12.26" 12.60"
AT THREE STATIONS...DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES...LOS ANGELES AIRPORT...AND
LONG BEACH AIRPORT...THIS RAIN SEASON IS CURRENTLY THE DRIEST TO DATE
SINCE RECORDS BEGAN AT EACH LOCATION.
This Sucks seeing as I live in the underlined city above.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
610 AM PDT MON MAY 1 2007
...IT IS STILL THE DRIEST RAIN SEASON TO DATE IN DOWNTOWN LOS
ANGELES...
...PRECIPITATION CONTINUES AT RECORD OR NEAR RECORD LOW VALUES TO
DATE ACROSS THE SOUTHLAND...
DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL...DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES RECEIVED 0.74
INCHES OF RAIN...SLIGHTLY BELOW THE NORMAL APRIL RAINFALL OF 0.83
INCHES. THIS BROUGHT THE TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE SEASON SO FAR TO
3.21 INCHES. ON THE 20TH...DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES RECEIVED 0.50 INCHES
OF RAIN IN THE WETTEST STORM OF THE SEASON. THAT WAS THE FIRST DAY OF
THE RAIN SEASON ON WHICH ONE HALF INCH OR MORE OF RAIN WAS RECORDED.
NEVER HAS DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES GONE SO FAR INTO THE RAIN SEASON WITHOUT
SUCH A DAY. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS DURING THE 1923-1924 SEASON...WHEN
THE FIRST DAY WITH ONE HALF INCH OR MORE OF RAIN WAS MARCH 2ND 1924.
THE RECORD FEWEST NUMBER OF DAYS WITH ONE HALF INCH OR MORE OF RAIN IS
2...DURING THE WINTER OF 2001-2002.
THIS RAIN SEASON CONTINUES TO BE THE DRIEST TO DATE IN DOWNTOWN LOS
ANGELES SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1877. FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE
SEASON...JULY 1ST 2006...THROUGH APRIL 30TH 2007...DOWNTOWN LOS
ANGELES HAS RECEIVED JUST 3.21 INCHES OF RAIN. THAT IS NEARLY ONE
FOOT OR 11.56 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE END
OF APRIL...WHICH IS 14.77 INCHES. THIS IS ALSO JUST 22 PERCENT OF
NORMAL RAINFALL FOR THAT PERIOD. IF DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES RECEIVES
LESS THAN 1.20 INCHES OF RAIN FROM NOW THROUGH JUNE 30TH...THIS WILL
BECOME THE DRIEST RAIN SEASON EVER. CURRENTLY THAT TITLE BELONGS TO
THE WINTER OF 2001-2002...WHEN 4.42 INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECORDED.
THE AVERAGE RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF MAY IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES
IS 0.31 INCHES...WHILE THE AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE IS JUST
0.06 INCHES. NORMAL SEASONAL RAINFALL AT DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES
IS 15.14 INCHES.
SEASONS WITH THE LEAST RAINFALL FROM JULY 1ST THROUGH APRIL 30TH
ARE LISTED BELOW.
RANK WATER PRECIP % OF NORMAL FINAL SEASONAL
SEASON 7/1-4/30 THRU 4/30 RAINFALL
(7/1-6/30)
1.........(2006-2007)....3.21"........22%..............????"
2.........(2001-2002)....4.36"........30%..............4.42"*
3.........(1960-1961)....4.85"........33%..............4.85"
4.........(1898-1899)....4.97"........34%..............5.59"
5.........(1897-1898)....5.31"........36%..............7.06"
6.........(1958-1959)....5.58"........38%..............5.58"
7.........(1899-1900)....6.10"........41%..............7.91"
8.........(1989-1990)....6.18"........42%..............7.35"
9.........(1893-1894)....6.53"........44%..............6.73"
10........(1923-1924)....6.67"........45%..............6.67"
* DRIEST SEASON EVER IN LOS ANGELES
DURING THE DRIEST SEASON EVER...THE 2001-2002 SEASON...PRECIPITATION
FROM JULY 1ST 2001 TO APRIL 30TH 2002 WAS 4.36 INCHES...MORE THAN
1 INCH GREATER THAN THIS SEASON TO DATE. IN THAT SEASON...ONLY 0.06
INCHES FELL DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON...THE MONTHS OF MAY AND
JUNE.
A REVIEW OF THE RAINFALL AT MANY OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN
CALIFORNIA FROM JULY 1ST 2006 TO APRIL 30TH 2007 INDICATES HOW
PERVASIVE AND WIDESPREAD THE DRY WEATHER HAS BEEN. MOST STATIONS IN
VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES RECEIVED AROUND OR LESS THAN
25 PERCENT OF THE NORMAL RAINFALL FOR THIS PERIOD...WHILE LOCATIONS
IN SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN
30 AND 45 PERCENT OF NORMAL RAINFALL. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF
RAINFALL STATISTICS FOR SELECTED CITIES AROUND SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.
SEASONAL NORMAL % NORM RAINFALL NORMAL
RAINFALL RAINFALL RAINFALL LAST YEAR SEASONAL
7/1-4/30 7/1-4/30 TO DATE THRU 4/30 RAINFALL
-------- -------- -------- --------- --------
DOWNTOWN L.A. 3.21" 14.77" 22% 12.34" 15.14"
LOS ANGELES ARPT 2.63" 12.83" 18% 10.28" 13.15"
LONG BEACH ARPT 2.10" 12.63" 17% 8.03" 12.94"
LANCASTER 1.40" 7.11" 20% 6.46" 7.40"
PALMDALE 0.65" 7.14" 9% 6.91" 7.36"
CAMARILLO ARPT 3.43" 15.30" 22% 11.94" 15.62"
SANTA BARBARA ARPT 7.15" 16.65" 43% 20.06" 16.93"
SANTA MARIA ARPT 5.07" 13.64" 37% 15.93" 14.01"
PASO ROBLES ARPT 3.93" 12.83" 31% 13.46" 13.08"
SANDBERG 5.03" 12.25" 41% 12.26" 12.60"
AT THREE STATIONS...DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES...LOS ANGELES AIRPORT...AND
LONG BEACH AIRPORT...THIS RAIN SEASON IS CURRENTLY THE DRIEST TO DATE
SINCE RECORDS BEGAN AT EACH LOCATION.
This Sucks seeing as I live in the underlined city above.