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Los Angeles 2007: “The Driest Season Ever”

June 15, 2007 at 10:09 am · Filed under California, Weather

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/lox/Assets/pns_06_01_07.pdf

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
925 AM PDT FRI JUN 1 2007

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IF DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES RECEIVES 1.20 INCHES OF RAIN OR LESS DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE…THE LAST MONTH OF THE 2006-2007 RAIN SEASON…THIS WILL BECOME THE DRIEST SEASON EVER. CURRENTLY THAT TITLE BELONGS TO THE WINTER OF 2001-2002…WHEN 4.42 INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECORDED. NORMAL SEASONAL RAINFALL AT DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES IS 15.14 INCHES.

AN ANALYSIS OF RAINFALL AT LOS ANGELES IN JUNE GIVES AN IDEA OF JUST HOW LIKELY IT IS THAT THIS SEASON WILL BECOME THE DRIEST EVER. ON AVERAGE…JUST 0.06 INCHES OF RAIN FALLS IN LOS ANGELES IN THE MONTH OF JUNE. SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN JULY 1877…129 JUNES HAVE COME AND GONE. RAINFALL TOTALED 1.20 INCHES OR LESS IN EVERY SINGLE JUNE EXCEPT FOR ONE…JUNE 1884…WHEN 1.34 INCHES OF RAIN FELL.

(thanks to Alex for the forward)

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