WARMEST AND DRIEST JANUARY ACROSS CALIFORNIA

...preliminary based upon today's forecast high temps, but values should not change more than 0.1 degree, if at all...

January 2014 is going into the record books as the driest and warmest on record at many locations around the state.

San Francisco
- Rainfall - 0.06 inches.  Previous record 0.26" in 1920
- Driest first 7 Months of the rainfall season - 2.14".  Previous record 2.26" in 1917-1918.
- Average max temp - 64.0 degrees F.  Normal 56.5, anomaly +7.6 deg.  Previous record 62.6 in 2003.

San Jose -
- Rainfall - 0.12 inches.  Previous record 0.27" in 1984
- Average max temp - 65.9 degrees F.  Normal 58.1, anomaly +7.8 deg.  Previous record 63.8 in 2003.

Redding -
- Rainfall - 0.42 inches.  Record 0.38" in 2007
- Average max temp - 68.3 degrees F.  Normal 55.3, anomaly +13.0 deg.  Previous record 63.0 in 2009.

Sacramento -
- Rainfall - 0.15 inches.  Record 0.05" in 2007
- Average max temp - 65.9 degrees F.  Normal 53.6, anomaly +12.1 deg.  Previous record 60.5 in 2012.

Fresno -
- Rainfall - 0.59 inches.  Previous record 0.04" in 1976
- Average max temp - 66.7 degrees F.  Normal 54.6, anomaly +12.1 deg.  Previous record 61.4 in 1986.

Los Angeles -
- Rainfall - 0.00 inches.  Ties record 0.00" in 2003
- Average max temp - 75.4 degrees F.  Normal 66.4, anomaly +8.1 deg.  Record 65.4 in 1986.

San Diego -
- Rainfall - 0.01 inches.  Record 0.00" in 1948
- Average max temp - 70.5 degrees F.  Normal 64.8, anomaly +5.7 deg.  Record 71.4 in 2003.

Jan Null, CCM
Golden Gate Weather Services