Weather on the first day of 2023 is expected to stay calm with temperatures in the 50s
The New Year was off to a sunny, dry start after apummeled the Bay Area on Saturday — closing roadways, trapping drivers, forcing some evacuations and overwhelming local creeks.
National Weather Service Meteorologist Dial Hoang described the entire Bay Area as “basically a mess” during Saturday’s storm.Sunday’s weather is expected to stay calm with high temperatures in the 50s, according to the NWS. A flood watch issued Saturday was lifted. Downtown San Francisco recorded its second-wettest day in 173 years with 5.46 inches of rainfall Saturday, which was just shy of hitting the all-time record by 0.08 inches. The storm accounted for nearly half of all rainfall in December.
Oakland was soaked with 4.75 inches of rain in 24 hours, beating out the previous record set back on Jan. 4, 1982, by just 0.01. Our Oakland site did have its wettest day on record with 4.75”, beating out the previous record set back on 1/4/1982 by just 0.01”