Wet weather that began late last week and continued over the weekend with bursts of heavy rain that added to significant rainfall totals in Los Angeles County
The second wave of a mid-November storm that arrived last week in Southern California brought hours of rain Friday and Saturday for much of the region. Scattered showers continued into Sunday and early Monday, boosting the month’s rainfall totals on the front end of California’s wet season.
The wettest November on record was 1985 when downtown LA received 2.43 inches of rain. .
The following 5-day rainfall totals were current at 8 a.m. Monday.
- Mount Baldy FS: 5.72
- Santa Anita Dam: 5.20
- San Gabriel Dam: 5.08
- Mount Wilson: 4.92
- Agoura: 4.89
- Pacoima Dam: 4.89
- Eaton Dam: 4.36
- Chatsworth: 4.34
- Santa Fe Dam: 4.33
- Eagle Rock Reservoir: 3.87
- Claremont: 3.79
- Newhall: 3.66
- Big Rock Mesa: 3.59
- East Pasadena: 3.58
- Hansen Dam: 3.46
- Canoga Park: 3.43
- Sepulveda Canyon: 3.36
- Hollywood Reservoir: 3.23
- Saugus: 3.20
- Downtown LA: 2.82
- Bel Air: 2.79
- Beverly Hills: 2.69
- South Gate: 2.44
- Culver City: 2.30
More wet weather is in the forecast for the Monday commute and later this week.
California mid-November drought update
Moderate to severe drought was reported in pockets of Southern California with most of the state drought-free, according to Thursday’s Drought Monitor update.
Nine percent of California was in severe drought, the second-least severe of the Monitor’s four drought categories. Areas include most of Orange County, western Riverside County and slivers of San Bernardino County.
About 32 percent of the state was in moderate drought. Nearly 50 percent of California was drought-free.
At this time last year, 5 percent of the state was in severe drought, with 17 percent in moderate drought. Three months ago, near the end of a hot and dry summer, 23 percent of the state was in severe drought with nearly 40 percent in severe drought.
The most current Drought Monitor report does not include rain from the recent storms. The next Drought Monitor report will be released Thursday.
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