L.A. annual rainfall from 1878 to 2008
A total of 14.43 inches of rain was recorded in 2008 at the National Weather Service’s downtown Los Angeles weather station, located at USC. Nearly a third of the year’s total, 4.64 inches, was reported during November and December.
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Average amount since 1878: 14.99 inches
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Annual totals
(Jan. 1-Dec. 31)
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Year | Inches
1878---20.86
1879---17.41
1880---18.65
1881---5.53
1882---10.74
1883---14.14
1884---40.29
1885---10.53
1886---16.72
1887---16.02
1888---20.82
1889---33.26
1890---12.69
1891---12.84
1892---18.72
1893---21.96
1894---7.51
1895---12.55
1896---11.80
1897---14.28
1898---4.83
1899---8.69
1900---11.30
1901---11.96
1902---13.12
1903---14.77
1904---11.88
1905---19.19
1906---21.46
1907---15.30
1908---13.74
1909---23.92
1910---4.89
1911---17.85
1912---9.78
1913---17.17
1914---23.21
1915---16.67
1916---23.29
1917---8.45
1918---17.49
1919---8.82
1920---11.18
1921---19.85
1922---15.27
1923---6.25
1924---8.11
1925---8.94
1926---18.56
1927---18.63
1928---8.69
1929---8.32
1930---13.02
1931---18.93
1932---10.72
1933---18.76
1934---14.67
1935---14.49
1936---18.24
1937---17.97
1938---27.16
1939---12.06
1940---20.26
1941---31.28
1942---7.40
1943---22.57
1944---17.45
1945---12.78
1946---16.22
1947---4.13
1948---7.59
1949---10.63
1950---7.38
1951---14.33
1952---24.95
1953---4.08
1954---13.69
1955---11.89
1956---13.62
1957---13.24
1958---17.49
1959---6.23
1960---9.57
1961---5.83
1962---15.37
1963---12.31
1964---7.98
1965---26.81
1966---12.91
1967---23.66
1968---7.58
1969---26.32
1970---16.54
1971---9.26
1972---6.54
1973---17.45
1974---16.69
1975---10.70
1976---11.01
1977---14.97
1978---30.57
1979---17.00
1980---26.33
1981---10.92
1982---14.41
1983---34.40
1984---8.90
1985---8.92
1986---18.00
1987---9.11
1988---11.57
1989---4.56
1990---6.49
1991---15.07
1992---22.65
1993---23.44
1994---8.69
1995---24.06
1996---17.75
1997---10.83
1998---27.85
1999---8.06
2000---11.97
2001---19.60
2002---7.29
2003---13.37
2004---20.10
2005---26.61
2006---11.61
2007---5.66
2008--14.43
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Sources: National Weather Service
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