Storm More Than Doubles Totals For Rainfall Year

Butte County got a best soaking of the rainfall year from the storm that rolled through Monday and Tuesday, with another shot due to arrive Thursday. Wednesday might be the only nice day of the week, according to the National Weather Service, which is forecasting Thursday’s storm could linger until next week. The past storm brought more to the area than it had total so far this rainfall year, which began Oct. 1, roughly doubling the rainfall totals. Monday and Tuesday brought 2.24 inches of rain to Chico, 0.95 inch to Oroville, and about 5.4 inches to Paradise.