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Total Seasonal Rainfall (Precipitation)
vs. Historical Seasonal Average

Santa Catalina Island, California
(Catalina Airport)
1947-2024

Avalon Harbor and Casino at Night

Rainy evening over Avalon Harbor at Santa Catalina Island with Casino in distance. Los Angeles Almanac Photo.


See also:
-- Monthly Rainfall by Season - Santa Catalina Airport

-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Downtown Los Angeles
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Burbank
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Claremont
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Hawthorne
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Lancaster
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Long Beach
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Los Angeles International Airport
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Palmdale
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Pasadena
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Sandberg
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Santa Clarita
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Santa Fe Dam (San Gabriel Valley)
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Santa Monica
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Van Nuys, Los Angeles
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Westwood, Los Angeles
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Whittier
-- Total Rainfall by Season vs. Average - Woodland Hills, Los Angeles


NOTE: When most weather reporting sources cite weather in Los Angeles (without specifying where, exactly, in Los Angeles), these numbers are typically for the Downtown Los Angeles weather station (actually located on the USC campus).

Average for seasons 1947 through 2024: 10.73 inches*

Season (July 1-June 30) Total Inches of Rainfall Inches Above/Below (+/-)
Overall Season Average*
2024-2025 See month-by-month numbers as season unfolds.
2023-2024 20.92 +9.68
2022-2023 18.87 +7.63
2021-2022 7.55 -3.69
2020-2021 4.35 -6.89
2019-2020 12.31 +1.07
2018-2019 17.31 +6.07
2017-2018 4.20 -7.04
2016-2017 15.78 +4.54
2015-2016 8.13 -3.11
2014-2015 5.49 -5.75
2013-2014 5.15 -6.09
2012-2013 7.56 -3.68
2011-2012 10.11 -1.13
2010-2011 17.81 +6.57
2009-2010 16.67 +5.43
2008-2009 10.24 -1.00
2007-2008 15.26 +4.02
2006-2007 5.48 -5.76
2005-2006 13.29 +2.05
2004-2005 27.45 +16.21
2003-2004 6.59 -4.65
2002-2003 14.09 +2.85
2001-2002 3.19 -8.05
2000-2001 10.53 -0.71
---No data for July 1968 through June 2000---
1967-1968 9.87 -0.86
1966-1967 12.95 +2.22
1965-1966 15.36 +4.63
1964-1965 10.29 -0.44
1963-1964 8.18 -2.55
1962-1963 6.03 -4.70
---No data for July 1953 through June 1962---
1952-1953 9.91 -0.82
1951-1952 22.00 +11.27
1950-1951 6.60 -4.13
1949-1950 11.37 +0.64
1948-1949 9.25 -1.48
1947-1948 4.53 -6.20

* Average as calculated over all years of available rainfall data. The "Normal" or average seasonal precipitation for this station, provided by the National Centers for Environmental Information, is 12.77 inches, based upon the 30-year average for seasons 1991 through 2020.
† One or more months during the season was missing data for five or more days.

Source: National Weather Service Forecast Office, Los Angeles/Oxnard and Western Regional Climate Center.