More than a month’s worth of rain fell in downtown Los Angeles in just 24 hours Sunday in what was the wettest day there in nearly 20 years.
The city’s downtown weather reporting station located near the University of Southern California recorded an astonishing 4.10 inches of rain Sunday. Downtown Los Angeles averages 3.64 inches of rain in February, typically its wettest month of the year. It was the wettest day in the city since 5.55 inches fell nearly 20 years ago on December 28, 2004.
Sunday’s deluge smashed the rainfall record for the date and made it one of the ten rainiest days ever downtown.
Add Sunday’s record rainfall to what fell in the city from last week’s atmospheric river and downtown Los Angeles has picked up 5.64 inches from both storms. This marks about 40% of what the city sees in an entire year and rain is still falling.
The city’s other reporting site at Los Angeles International Airport also picked up record rainfall Sunday. Rain at the airport totaled 1.76 inches – more than triple the date’s previous record of 0.56 inches set in 1958.