How often does it rain in california?

Southern Californians often brag about the region’s lack of rain, a claim that is mostly true. Los Angeles County has seen below average rainfall for the past several years. From 2015 to 2016, LA accumulated a total of only 9.65 inches of rain, 5.12 inches below a 138-year average. read more

The very wet rain year of 2004/2005 had fifty-one rainy days, whilst the record dry 2006/2007 rain year had twenty-one. The most days with rainfall in a month in Los Angeles has been twenty in December 1889, nineteen in January 1916, and eighteen in March 1884. read more

In Los Angeles, where the most reliable data for number of days with rain exists, the number of days when rain has fallen has ranged from 68 in the record wet “rain year” from July 1883 to June 1884 to sixteen in the dry rain year from July 1960 to June 1961. read more