Days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in Los Angeles

Los Angeles has had days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 101 years, most in 1983 with 13. Days per year, season span, streaks and every date.

Key Facts for Los Angeles

Los Angeles has had days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 101 years, 461 days in all.
The most in one year was 13 days in 1983.
In 2026, the latest year on file, there were 2 such days.
The earliest first date in a year was 1 January 1922.
The latest last date in a year was 31 December 2004.
The longest run inside a single year was 7 days in 1980.
5 years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of these rankings.

Days per Year

101 years, 461 days

Days per year in Los Angeles with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation. The line is the decade average. The most was 13 in 1983. Grey bars are years with under 90 percent of days observed, left out of rankings.

Days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation per year in Los Angeles
Year	Days	Decade average
1909	6	6
1913	5	5
1921	5	4.3
1922	7	4.3
1924	1	4.3
1925	2	4.3
1926	7	4.3
1927	6	4.3
1928	3	4.3
1929	3	4.3
1930	3	4.5
1931	5	4.5
1932	3	4.5
1933	6	4.5
1934	3	4.5
1935	3	4.5
1936	7	4.5
1937	5	4.5
1938	7	4.5
1939	3	4.5
1940	7	4.6
1941	9	4.6
1942	2	4.6
1943	6	4.6
1944	5	4.6
1945	3	4.6
1946	5	4.6
1948	2	4.6
1949	2	4.6
1950	2	3.2
1951	2	3.2
1952	9	3.2
1953	1	3.2
1954	4	3.2
1955	2	3.2
1956	3	3.2
1957	1	3.2
1958	7	3.2
1959	1	3.2
1960	1	4.9
1961	3	4.9
1962	6	4.9
1963	2	4.9
1965	7	4.9
1966	5	4.9
1967	6	4.9
1968	2	4.9
1969	12	4.9
1970	7	4.6
1971	2	4.6
1972	3	4.6
1973	4	4.6
1974	7	4.6
1975	3	4.6
1976	3	4.6
1977	4	4.6
1978	9	4.6
1979	4	4.6
1980	10	4.9
1981	3	4.9
1982	4	4.9
1983	13	4.9
1984	1	4.9
1985	1	4.9
1986	7	4.9
1987	3	4.9
1988	2	4.9
1990	2	5.3
1991	5	5.3
1992	8	5.3
1993	9	5.3
1994	2	5.3
1995	7	5.3
1996	6	5.3
1997	3	5.3
1998	10	5.3
1999	1	5.3
2000	4	4.3
2001	5	4.3
2002	2	4.3
2003	2	4.3
2004	4	4.3
2005	11	4.3
2006	4	4.3
2008	5	4.3
2009	2	4.3
2010	7	4.3
2011	2	4.3
2014	5	4.3
2015	1	4.3
2016	3	4.3
2017	4	4.3
2018	3	4.3
2019	9	4.3
2020	4	5.4
2021	4	5.4
2022	3	5.4
2023	10	5.4
2024	7	5.4
2025	8	5.4
2026	2	5.4

Season Span

earliest 1 January, latest 31 December

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day in Los Angeles meeting 25 mm (0.98 in). Long bars mean a long season.

First to last qualifying date each year in Los Angeles
Year	First date	Last date
1909	1909-01-21	1909-12-31
1913	1913-02-23	1913-11-18
1921	1921-01-18	1921-12-20
1922	1922-01-01	1922-12-12
1924	1924-03-26	1924-03-26
1925	1925-04-04	1925-12-01
1926	1926-01-31	1926-11-26
1927	1927-02-04	1927-10-31
1928	1928-11-14	1928-12-12
1929	1929-02-18	1929-04-04
1930	1930-01-11	1930-03-15
1931	1931-01-07	1931-12-28
1932	1932-01-31	1932-02-16
1933	1933-01-16	1933-12-31
1934	1934-01-01	1934-12-13
1935	1935-01-05	1935-04-08
1936	1936-02-11	1936-12-30
1937	1937-02-06	1937-12-11
1938	1938-02-01	1938-12-19
1939	1939-01-21	1939-09-25
1940	1940-01-07	1940-12-23
1941	1941-02-14	1941-12-10
1942	1942-03-14	1942-11-18
1943	1943-01-21	1943-12-10
1944	1944-02-20	1944-11-11
1945	1945-02-02	1945-12-22
1946	1946-02-03	1946-12-25
1948	1948-02-05	1948-03-24
1949	1949-11-10	1949-12-18
1950	1950-01-08	1950-02-06
1951	1951-01-29	1951-12-29
1952	1952-01-12	1952-12-20
1953	1953-11-14	1953-11-14
1954	1954-01-19	1954-11-11
1955	1955-01-18	1955-05-07
1956	1956-01-25	1956-04-12
1957	1957-01-12	1957-01-12
1958	1958-01-25	1958-04-01
1959	1959-02-16	1959-02-16
1960	1960-01-11	1960-01-11
1961	1961-01-26	1961-12-02
1962	1962-01-20	1962-02-19
1963	1963-02-09	1963-03-16
1965	1965-04-08	1965-12-29
1966	1966-02-06	1966-12-05
1967	1967-01-22	1967-12-18
1968	1968-03-07	1968-03-08
1969	1969-01-13	1969-11-06
1970	1970-02-10	1970-12-21
1971	1971-12-24	1971-12-27
1972	1972-11-14	1972-12-04
1973	1973-01-16	1973-02-12
1974	1974-01-04	1974-12-28
1975	1975-02-03	1975-03-22
1976	1976-02-05	1976-09-10
1977	1977-05-08	1977-12-28
1978	1978-01-04	1978-03-04
1979	1979-01-05	1979-03-27
1980	1980-01-09	1980-03-02
1981	1981-03-01	1981-11-27
1982	1982-03-17	1982-12-22
1983	1983-01-22	1983-12-25
1984	1984-12-19	1984-12-19
1985	1985-02-09	1985-02-09
1986	1986-01-30	1986-09-24
1987	1987-01-04	1987-12-04
1988	1988-01-17	1988-04-20
1990	1990-02-17	1990-05-28
1991	1991-02-27	1991-12-29
1992	1992-01-05	1992-12-07
1993	1993-01-06	1993-03-25
1994	1994-02-20	1994-12-24
1995	1995-01-04	1995-03-11
1996	1996-01-31	1996-12-09
1997	1997-01-12	1997-12-06
1998	1998-01-09	1998-05-12
1999	1999-04-11	1999-04-11
2000	2000-02-21	2000-04-17
2001	2001-01-10	2001-02-25
2002	2002-11-08	2002-12-16
2003	2003-02-12	2003-03-15
2004	2004-02-25	2004-12-31
2005	2005-01-02	2005-04-28
2006	2006-01-02	2006-04-04
2008	2008-01-04	2008-12-15
2009	2009-02-16	2009-10-14
2010	2010-01-18	2010-12-22
2011	2011-03-20	2011-10-05
2014	2014-02-27	2014-12-12
2015	2015-09-15	2015-09-15
2016	2016-01-05	2016-12-23
2017	2017-01-12	2017-02-17
2018	2018-01-09	2018-12-06
2019	2019-01-14	2019-12-25
2020	2020-03-12	2020-12-28
2021	2021-12-14	2021-12-30
2022	2022-03-28	2022-12-31
2023	2023-01-05	2023-08-20
2024	2024-01-22	2024-03-30
2025	2025-02-06	2025-12-26
2026	2026-01-01	2026-02-16

Every Year

Days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation per year in Los Angeles
Year	Days	First date	Last date	Longest streak in year	Coverage
2026	2	1 January 2026	16 February 2026	1 days	Incomplete, not ranked
2025	8	6 February 2025	26 December 2025	1 days	Complete
2024	7	22 January 2024	30 March 2024	3 days	Complete
2023	10	5 January 2023	20 August 2023	2 days	Complete
2022	3	28 March 2022	31 December 2022	1 days	Complete
2021	4	14 December 2021	30 December 2021	2 days	Complete
2020	4	12 March 2020	28 December 2020	1 days	Complete
2019	9	14 January 2019	25 December 2019	1 days	Complete
2018	3	9 January 2018	6 December 2018	1 days	Complete
2017	4	12 January 2017	17 February 2017	1 days	Complete
2016	3	5 January 2016	23 December 2016	1 days	Complete
2015	1	15 September 2015	15 September 2015	1 days	Complete
2014	5	27 February 2014	12 December 2014	3 days	Complete
2011	2	20 March 2011	5 October 2011	1 days	Complete
2010	7	18 January 2010	22 December 2010	3 days	Complete
2009	2	16 February 2009	14 October 2009	1 days	Complete
2008	5	4 January 2008	15 December 2008	1 days	Complete
2006	4	2 January 2006	4 April 2006	1 days	Complete
2005	11	2 January 2005	28 April 2005	4 days	Complete
2004	4	25 February 2004	31 December 2004	1 days	Complete
2003	2	12 February 2003	15 March 2003	1 days	Complete
2002	2	8 November 2002	16 December 2002	1 days	Complete
2001	5	10 January 2001	25 February 2001	2 days	Complete
2000	4	21 February 2000	17 April 2000	1 days	Complete
1999	1	11 April 1999	11 April 1999	1 days	Complete
1998	10	9 January 1998	12 May 1998	2 days	Complete
1997	3	12 January 1997	6 December 1997	1 days	Complete
1996	6	31 January 1996	9 December 1996	2 days	Complete
1995	7	4 January 1995	11 March 1995	2 days	Complete
1994	2	20 February 1994	24 December 1994	1 days	Complete
1993	9	6 January 1993	25 March 1993	2 days	Complete
1992	8	5 January 1992	7 December 1992	3 days	Complete
1991	5	27 February 1991	29 December 1991	2 days	Complete
1990	2	17 February 1990	28 May 1990	1 days	Complete
1988	2	17 January 1988	20 April 1988	1 days	Complete
1987	3	4 January 1987	4 December 1987	1 days	Complete
1986	7	30 January 1986	24 September 1986	2 days	Complete
1985	1	9 February 1985	9 February 1985	1 days	Complete
1984	1	19 December 1984	19 December 1984	1 days	Complete
1983	13	22 January 1983	25 December 1983	2 days	Complete
1982	4	17 March 1982	22 December 1982	1 days	Complete
1981	3	1 March 1981	27 November 1981	1 days	Complete
1980	10	9 January 1980	2 March 1980	7 days	Complete
1979	4	5 January 1979	27 March 1979	1 days	Complete
1978	9	4 January 1978	4 March 1978	2 days	Complete
1977	4	8 May 1977	28 December 1977	1 days	Complete
1976	3	5 February 1976	10 September 1976	1 days	Complete
1975	3	3 February 1975	22 March 1975	1 days	Complete
1974	7	4 January 1974	28 December 1974	2 days	Complete
1973	4	16 January 1973	12 February 1973	2 days	Complete
1972	3	14 November 1972	4 December 1972	1 days	Complete
1971	2	24 December 1971	27 December 1971	1 days	Complete
1970	7	10 February 1970	21 December 1970	2 days	Complete
1969	12	13 January 1969	6 November 1969	3 days	Complete
1968	2	7 March 1968	8 March 1968	2 days	Complete
1967	6	22 January 1967	18 December 1967	3 days	Complete
1966	5	6 February 1966	5 December 1966	2 days	Complete
1965	7	8 April 1965	29 December 1965	2 days	Complete
1963	2	9 February 1963	16 March 1963	1 days	Complete
1962	6	20 January 1962	19 February 1962	2 days	Complete
1961	3	26 January 1961	2 December 1961	1 days	Complete
1960	1	11 January 1960	11 January 1960	1 days	Complete
1959	1	16 February 1959	16 February 1959	1 days	Complete
1958	7	25 January 1958	1 April 1958	2 days	Complete
1957	1	12 January 1957	12 January 1957	1 days	Complete
1956	3	25 January 1956	12 April 1956	2 days	Complete
1955	2	18 January 1955	7 May 1955	1 days	Complete
1954	4	19 January 1954	11 November 1954	1 days	Complete
1953	1	14 November 1953	14 November 1953	1 days	Complete
1952	9	12 January 1952	20 December 1952	4 days	Complete
1951	2	29 January 1951	29 December 1951	1 days	Complete
1950	2	8 January 1950	6 February 1950	1 days	Complete
1949	2	10 November 1949	18 December 1949	1 days	Complete
1948	2	5 February 1948	24 March 1948	1 days	Complete
1946	5	3 February 1946	25 December 1946	1 days	Complete
1945	3	2 February 1945	22 December 1945	2 days	Complete
1944	5	20 February 1944	11 November 1944	2 days	Complete
1943	6	21 January 1943	10 December 1943	2 days	Complete
1942	2	14 March 1942	18 November 1942	1 days	Complete
1941	9	14 February 1941	10 December 1941	2 days	Complete
1940	7	7 January 1940	23 December 1940	1 days	Complete
1939	3	21 January 1939	25 September 1939	2 days	Complete
1938	7	1 February 1938	19 December 1938	2 days	Complete
1937	5	6 February 1937	11 December 1937	2 days	Complete
1936	7	11 February 1936	30 December 1936	2 days	Complete
1935	3	5 January 1935	8 April 1935	1 days	Complete
1934	3	1 January 1934	13 December 1934	1 days	Complete
1933	6	16 January 1933	31 December 1933	2 days	Complete
1932	3	31 January 1932	16 February 1932	1 days	Complete
1931	5	7 January 1931	28 December 1931	1 days	Complete
1930	3	11 January 1930	15 March 1930	2 days	Complete
1929	3	18 February 1929	4 April 1929	1 days	Complete
1928	3	14 November 1928	12 December 1928	1 days	Complete
1927	6	4 February 1927	31 October 1927	2 days	Complete
1926	7	31 January 1926	26 November 1926	2 days	Complete
1925	2	4 April 1925	1 December 1925	1 days	Complete
1924	1	26 March 1924	26 March 1924	1 days	Complete
1922	7	1 January 1922	12 December 1922	1 days	Complete
1921	5	18 January 1921	20 December 1921	2 days	Complete
1913	5	23 February 1913	18 November 1913	3 days	Complete
1909	6	21 January 1909	31 December 1909	1 days	Complete

Decade averages for Days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in Los Angeles
Decade	Average days per year	Years counted
1900s	6.0	1
1910s	5.0	1
1920s	4.3	8
1930s	4.5	10
1940s	4.6	9
1950s	3.2	10
1960s	4.9	9
1970s	4.6	10
1980s	4.9	9
1990s	5.3	10
2000s	4.3	9
2010s	4.3	8
2020s	6.0	6

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Data for Days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in Los Angeles, by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site from the threaded city record.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).