Storm Postpones Padres Game, Brings Record Rainfall

An unseasonably strong spring storm hit San Diego on Sunday, postponing a Padres game for only the third time in the history of Petco Park, setting a number of rainfall records and dusting local mountain peaks with snow. The system moved ashore late Saturday. By 7 p.m. Sunday, more than 2 inches of rain had fallen in Fallbrook while Valley Center got 1.56 inches and Kearny Mesa got 1.18 inches. The National Weather Service said that 10 inches of snow had fallen on Palomar Mountain, and about an inch in Julian.