March 15th California Rainfall Deficits

 

The table below shows the current rainfall to date, the amount of rain (i.e., deficit) to reach the June 30 normal, and what the amount of "normal" rainfall is between now and June 30. For example, San Francisco is 11.22", which means we would need another 12.43" between now and June 30, BUT normal between now and then is just another 3.76"; so we would need over 3.3 times normal!
 

 

CALIFORNIA RAINFALL DEFICITS

Northern California

Rain thru

Deficit to End of

Normal

15-Mar

Season Normal

Mar 16-Jun 30

Crescent City

35.62

28.41

14.19

Eureka

27.27

13.06

8.43

Ukiah

16.23

21.12

6.79

Montague/Siskiyou

4.84

13.63

4.82

Alturas

6.81

7.36

4.64

Mount Shasta City

14.72

28.49

8.83

Redding

13.89

20.73

6.82

Sacramento Exec AP

11.18

7.34

3.22

Sacramento - CSUS

11.68

8.59

3.55

Blue Canyon

34.78

29.84

13.80

Santa Rosa

17.63

18.65

5.71

San Francisco Downtown

11.22

12.43

3.76

SFO Airport

10.28

10.37

3.16

Oakland Airport

10.18

10.63

3.61

Livermore

7.83

7.88

2.61

Mountain View - Moffett

6.64

8.04

2.56

San Jose

6.49

9.33

2.92

Nrn Sierra Index - 8SI

28.94

25.58

11.78

Central California...

Rain thru

Deficit to End of

Normal

15-Mar

Season Normal

Mar 16-Jun 30

Stockton

6.27

7.79

2.57

Modesto

4.84

8.27

2.62

Merced

4.18

8.32

2.53

Madera

3.69

8.33

2.29

Fresno

3.53

7.97

2.54

Hanford

3.05

7.05

2.01

Bakersfield

2.75

3.72

1.35

Bishop

0.22

4.96

0.87

Salinas

3.74

9.09

2.40

Paso Robles

4.94

7.84

2.00

Santa Maria

3.64

10.31

2.49

Cntrl Sierra Index - 5SI

18.66

23.91

9.66

Srn Sierra Index - 6SI

10.17

20.33

6.72

Southern California

Rain thru

Deficit to End of

Normal

15-Mar

Season Normal

Mar 16-Jun 30

Sandberg

5.60

6.73

1.81

Palmdale

1.55

6.75

1.21

Lancaster

1.85

5.53

0.95

Santa Barbara

5.52

12.24

2.77

Camarillo

3.04

12.18

1.81

Burbank - Bob Hope

4.80

12.51

2.72

LAX Airport

2.90

9.92

1.72

Los Angeles Downtown

3.37

11.56

2.22

Long Beach

2.94

9.32

1.61

Fullerton

2.72

11.16

1.77

Irvine - John Wayne

1.43

11.90

1.68

Oceanside

3.89

9.77

1.96

Ramona

5.44

10.60

2.78

San Diego - Lindbergh

2.99

7.35

1.74

Ontario

3.00

12.04

2.07

Riverside

4.12

8.28

1.69

Palm Springs

3.66

2.08

0.42

Thermal

1.76

1.44

0.22

Campo

4.23

11.50

2.37

Barstow-Daggett

1.13

2.93

0.48

Needles

1.24

3.38

0.57


Season to date percent of normal rainfall.


Jan Null, CCM
Certified Consulting Meteorologist
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