A series of 'gullywasher' storms hit in January and March and were followed in August by the first tropical storm to directly hit San Diego in more than 80 years.
People walk along Mission Bay in a light rain as a storm moved into the area on Monday, November 7, 2022 in San Diego, CA.
The 500-mile-wide system methodically moved up the Pacific coast of Mexico and surged into San Diego County on Aug. 20, where it dropped more than 7 inches of rain on Mount Laguna, and 1.82 inches on San Diego International Airport, which averages 0.01 inches for the month. Hilary contributed to what turned out to be a very impressive amount of precipitation during the so-called rainy season, which lasts from October 1 to September 30 of each year. It’s also referred to as the water year.
The heaviest rainfall hit Palomar Mountain, which recorded 69.26 inches, which is 38.85 inches above average, the weather service added. More than 30 “ARs” developed during rainy season, according to UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Many of the plumes affected San Diego County, especially in January, when San Diego got 5.14 inches of rain, more than twice its average rainfall.
“If we got a couple of weeks of strong Santa Ana winds it could really dry out the vegetation across the county,” Tardy said. “We’d lose much of the advantage we’ve had.”
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