Los Angeles Rainfall 1877-2001
The National Weather Service recorded 17.94 inches of rain at its downtown Los Angeles station for the 2000-01 season, which ended Saturday. This season’s total was above average for the first time since the 1997-98 El Nino season.
Average for 124 years -- 15.05 inches.
Seasonal Totals (July 1-June 30)
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Year Inches 1877-78 21.26 1878-79 11.35 1879-80 20.34 1880-81 13.13 1881-82 10.40 1882-83 12.11 1883-84 38.18 1884-85 9.21 1885-86 22.31 1886-87 14.05 1887-88 13.87 1888-89 19.28 1889-90 34.84 1890-91 13.86 1891-92 11.85 1892-93 26.28 1893-94 6.73 1894-95 16.11 1895-96 8.51 1896-97 16.86 1897-98 7.06 1898-99 5.59 1899-00 7.91 1900-01 16.29 1901-02 10.60 1902-03 19.32 1903-04 8.72 1904-05 19.52 1905-06 18.65 1906-07 19.30 1907-08 11.72 1908-09 19.18 1909-10 12.63 1910-11 16.18 1911-12 11.60 1912-13 13.42 1913-14 23.65 1914-15 17.05 1915-16 19.92 1916-17 15.26 1917-18 13.86 1918-19 8.58 1919-20 12.52 1920-21 13.65 1921-22 19.66 1922-23 9.59 1923-24 6.67 1924-25 7.94 1925-26 17.56 1926-27 17.76 1927-28 9.77 1928-29 12.66 1929-30 11.52 1930-31 12.53 1931-32 16.95 1932-33 11.88 1933-34 14.55 1934-35 21.66 1935-36 12.07 1936-37 22.41 1937-38 23.43 1938-39 13.07 1939-40 19.21 1940-41 32.76 1941-42 11.18 1942-43 18.17 1943-44 19.22 1944-45 11.59 1945-46 11.65 1946-47 12.66 1947-48 7.22 1948-49 7.99 1949-50 10.59 1950-51 8.21 1951-52 26.21 1952-53 9.46 1953-54 11.99 1954-55 11.94 1955-56 16.00 1956-57 9.54 1957-58 21.13 1958-59 5.58 1959-60 8.18 1960-61 4.85 1961-62 18.79 1962-63 8.38 1963-64 7.93 1964-65 13.68 1965-66 20.44 1966-67 22.00 1967-68 16.58 1968-69 27.47 1969-70 7.74 1970-71 12.32 1971-72 7.17 1972-73 21.26 1973-74 14.92 1974-75 14.35 1975-76 7.21 1976-77 12.30 1977-78 33.44 1978-79 19.67 1979-80 26.98 1980-81 8.96 1981-82 10.71 1982-83 31.28 1983-84 10.43 1984-85 12.82 1985-86 17.86 1986-87 7.66 1987-88 12.48 1988-89 8.08 1989-90 7.35 1990-91 11.99 1991-92 21.00 1992-93 27.36 1993-94 8.14 1994-95 24.35 1995-96 12.46 1996-97 12.40 1997-98 31.01 1998-99 9.09 1999-00 11.57 2000-01 17.94
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Highest monthly totals from 1884 through 2001:
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Month Year Inches Jan. 1969 14.94 Feb. 1998 13.68 March 1884 12.36 April 1926 7.53 May 1921 3.57 June 1884 1.39 July 1886 0.24 August 1977 2.26 Sept. 1939 5.67 Oct. 1889 6.96 Nov. 1965 9.68 Dec. 1889 15.80
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Source: National Weather Service
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