Gray Skies Yield Just a Sprinkle

Call it the last sprinkle of winter or the first spritz of spring. Wednesday night’s light rain didn’t add much to rainfall levels in Ventura County.

Most coastal areas received less than one-tenth of an inch of rain, according to the National Weather Service. Mountain areas didn’t get much more. The Lake Casitas area got the most precipitation, with a scant 0.08 inches.

And don’t hold your breath for much more, either.

“After March, rainfalls of any significance are rare,” said a National Weather Service spokesman.

At least the garden begonias got watered one last time.

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County Rainfall

Here are rainfall figures from the Ventura County Flood Control Department for the 24-hour period ending at 7 p.m. Thursday. Oct. 1 is the beginning of the official rain year.

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Rainfall Rainfall Normal rainfall Location last 24 hours since Oct. 1 to date Camarillo 0.04 9.32 11.71 Casitas Dam 0.08 16.48 20.35 Casitas Rec. Center 0.08 15.28 20.57 Fillmore 0.08 13.64 16.59 Matilija Dam 0.04 19.33 23.19 Moorpark 0.04 11.23 12.73 Upper Ojai 0.04 14.38 20.18 Oxnard 0.00 10.20 12.68 Piru 0.00 10.82 14.92 Port Hueneme 0.00 8.11 12.26 Santa Paula 0.04 12.42 15.55 Simi Valley 0.00 10.52 12.47 Thousand Oaks 0.04 11.06 13.31 Ventura Govt. Center 0.04 11.82 14.13

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