After more than a month without rain, this week's storms have doused Southern California, but are we looking for the season in terms of rainfall totals?
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 8:28PMAfter more than a month without rain, this week's storms doused Southern California, but how much rain did we get? When it comes to rainfall totals for the season, the region is still ahead of the game, even after that long dry stretch that ended with rain returning earlier this week.
We reviewed rainfall totals measured from Oct. 1, the start of the water year, through Feb. 11 - just before the latest round of storms began.the dry spell, we still were close to about 15 inches altogether for downtown Los Angeles and just over 10 inches for LAX.All three locations remained well above normal for the October-to-February period, with most areas also exceeding typical seasonal totals.Anywhere that may not have been above that, we are nowWe also looked at rain totals for the last three days, which brought anywhere from an extra 1 to 2 inches of rain, getting closer to 3 for some areas. A series of storms that swept through Southern California left several areas with more than an inch of rain over several days. Downtown Los Angeles recorded a little over 2.5 inches, according to data obtained Wednesday morning. LAX recorded just over 2 inches while Woodland Hills collected close to 2 inches. Van Nuys measured just over two and three quarters.Mount Wilson recorded rainfall before the system transitioned to snow, which impacted the final rain tally.Copyright © 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.
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