![]() ![]() ![]() Most of the increase came between Saturday and Monday, during the height of the storm. Lake Oroville, a major Northern California reservoir, saw its water levels rise 20 feet over the past week, according to the state’s Department of Water Resource. More than six inches of rain fell across the valley during a 36-hour period. In the Yosemite Valley, the dormant Yosemite Falls roared back to life. In California’s Colusa and Yolo counties, state highways 16 and 20 were shut for several miles because of mudslides, the state Department of Transportation said. Interstate 80, the major highway through the Sierra Nevada Mountains to Reno, Nevada, was shut down by heavy snow early Monday. Santa Barbara Airport: 0.96 inches, breaking the old record of 0.02 inches set in 2000.Įxplainer: What is an Atmospheric River and How Does It Affect Drought in California?.Los Angeles International Airport: 0.39 inches, breaking old record of 0.19 inches set in 1951.Camarillo Airport: 0.7 inches, breaking old record of 0.39 inches set in 1940.Long Beach Airport: 0.13 inches, breaking the old record of 0.08 inches set in 2010.Click here for a full list from the National Weather Service. Most areas in Southern California received less than an inch of rain by late afternoon, although Pasadena recorded 1.11 inches. The system, powered by an atmospheric river, still produced a few daily records in SoCal and the most significant rainfall in months, enough to cause mudslides that closed roads in the San Bernardino Mountains. It also shows the present precipitation level and its percentile within the historical data for the day of the water year.A powerful storm that swept through California set rainfall records in the north, but weakened as it moved south into the Los Angeles area. You can see the current water year plotted on this to show how it compares to historical values. ![]() The second graph shows the percentiles of precipitation over the course of the historical water year, spreading out like a cone from the start of the water year (October 1). The top graph is a histogram of water year precipitation totals on the specified date (in blue) as well as the precipitation total for the current water year in red. The visualization consists of two primary graphs both of which show the range of historical values for precipitation. Data from the CDEC website appears to be updated at around 8:30am PST each day. These stations are tracked because they provide important information about the state’s water supply (most of which originates from the Sierra Nevada Mountains). There are three sets of stations that are tracked in the data and these plots: Other California water-related visualizations include reservoir levels in the state as well. I used data for California rainfall totals from the California Department of Water Resources. This year has been a relatively dry year and wanted to visualize how this year compares with historical levels for this time of year. It’s winter in California and that means the rainy season (snowy in the mountains). How do current California rainfall and precipitation totals compare with Historical Averages?Ĭheck out the California reservoir dashboard. ![]()
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