2024-2025 California Rainfall Season

Notes:
-  There may be a minor differences between these figures and those published by some NWS offices and Calif. DWR, which uses the Oct. 1 Water Year instead of the historical California meteorological rainfall season of July 1 to June 30. See https://ggweather.posthaven.com/rainfall-season-vs-water-year

 The averages for the three Sierra Nevada Indices (Northern Sierra, San Joaquin and Tulare) have been recalculated to correspond with the standardized 1991-2020 30-year normals.
California Rainfall 2024-2025
Season (Jul 1 to Jun 30)
Northern California Rain (in.) Normal % Normal
Crescent City 62.48 57.98 108%
Eureka 49.43 40.40 122%
Ukiah 35.86 34.84 103%
Alturas 14.67 11.68 126%
Mount Shasta City 35.39 42.63 83%
Redding 37.48 33.52 112%
Red Bluff 23.29 23.12 101%
Sacramento Exec AP 13.82 18.14 76%
Blue Canyon 67.57 62.44 108%
South Lake Tahoe 13.10 20.46 64%
Santa Rosa 42.72 33.78 126%
San Francisco Downtown 19.85 22.89 87%
SFO Airport 16.16 19.64 82%
Oakland Airport 9.38 18.68 50%
Livermore 8.72 15.18 57%
San Jose 9.32 13.48 69%
Nrn Sierra Index (8SI) 55.88 52.81 106%
Central California Rain (in.) Normal % Normal
Stockton 11.17 13.45 83%
Modesto 8.84 12.27 72%
Merced 8.83 11.80 75%
Madera 8.30 10.79 77%
Fresno 8.41 10.99 77%
Hanford 6.14 8.13 76%
Bakersfield 4.24 6.36 67%
Bishop 3.49 4.84 72%
Death Valley 0.60 2.20 27%
Salinas 12.16 12.58 97%
Paso Robles 7.19 12.15 59%
Santa Maria 6.89 13.32 52%
Central Sierra Index (5SI) 28.02 39.58 71%
Srn Sierra Index (6SI) 23.09 27.87 83%
Southern California Rain (in.) Normal % Normal
Sandberg 5.11 13.14 39%
Palmdale 2.86 5.90 48%
Santa Barbara 7.09 17.25 41%
Camarillo 4.70 12.01 39%
Burbank - Bob Hope 6.42 13.91 46%
LAX Airport 5.12 12.23 42%
Los Angeles Downtown 8.17 14.25 57%
Long Beach 5.03 12.02 42%
Irvine - John Wayne 4.91 11.18 44%
Oceanside 6.72 11.86 57%
Ramona 8.30 14.65 57%
San Diego - Lindbergh 4.59 9.79 47%
Ontario 6.32 11.64 54%
Riverside 4.34 9.39 46%
Palm Springs 1.68 4.61 36%
Thermal 0.39 2.96 13%
Barstow-Daggett 1.26 3.77 33%
Needles 1.99 4.32 46%

produced by
Jan Null, CCM
Golden Gate Weather Services
jnull@ggweather.com