A rare storm that dropped at least one-tenth of an inch of rain on much of the county Monday morning made this the wettest June in San Diego in at least 25 years.
“Did someone forget to call Mother Nature to let her know it’s almost July?” the local National Weather Service office asked on Twitter.
Although a mere 13 days old, this is the third-wettest April on record in San Diego, the National Weather Service reported Monday.
A nearly stationary storm will be slow to wring out all of its moisture over central and Southern California into the end of the week.
Residents in the Southern California mountains awoke to a blanket of fresh snowfall on Wednesday, but thanks to restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, a would-be snow day was quashed by health officials.
An Alaska storm that dropped unusually far south, drawing moisture from the subtropics, put San Diego over its annual rainfall mark.
At the start of March, things were looking bleak for California’s rain and snow totals after a pathetic January and one of the driest Februaries on record.
Snow and rain fell Monday on California as spring delivered the kind of stormy weather that was missing most of the winter.
Tow trucks and snow plows were in big demand across San Diego County early Friday as an overnight storm brought drenching rains, hail, snow and lightning to the region.
The week started with extreme snow in the Sierra Nevada, where a powerful high altitude storm system brought more than 60 inches of snow to California’s highest peaks. Winds over 100 mph battered the Sierra Ridge as fee of snow piled high, sparking avalanche concerns and forcing the closure of Interstate 80. Visibility at time plummeted to near zero.
Snow has finally diminished a bit after California’s Sierra Nevada picked up several feet of snow, part of a “Miracle March” weather pattern helping to replenish vital, water-providing snowpack after a record-dry February.
Heavy snow began in the Sierra last Saturday and continued through Monday night leading to major travel headaches.
Monday night, a section of Interstate 80 westbound near the California-Nevada state line was closed due to multiple spinouts.
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