DRIESTSINCE
California · precipitation record 1925–2026

El Centro, CA

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
0.01in
year to date · normal 0.82"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 99 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
0.01in
34th wettest of 100 yrs
LAST 90 DAYS
0.01in
41st wettest of 96 yrs
200% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
0.01in
3rd driest of 96 yrs
1% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

4.08in
on Sep 6, 1939 · in 102 years

Dry Streak

0days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 315 days (to Jan 11, 1954)

Wet Streak

1days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 8 days

Year to Date vs Normal

1%
0.01" of a normal 0.82" · wettest 4.47" (1993) · driest 0.0" (2021)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 90-year record (1927–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 2.4" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

119835.72in
220105.48in
319935.34in
419925.25in
519775.25in

Driest Years on Record

120210.02in
220240.1in
319560.16in
419530.2in
520020.32in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Jan (~0.14") and driest in Apr (~0.0"). Wettest calendar month ever: Dec 1926, 3.87".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at El Centro — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Jul 28 ever

0.15in
set in 1951

Rain on Jul 28

3%
of 99 years had measurable rain
1926: 0.00″1927: 0.00″1928: 0.00″1929: 0.00″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.00″1933: 0.00″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.00″1937: 0.00″1938: 0.00″1939: 0.00″1940: 0.00″1941: 0.00″1942: 0.00″1943: 0.00″1944: 0.00″1945: 0.00″1946: 0.00″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.15″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.00″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.00″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.00″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.00″1968: 0.15″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.00″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.00″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.00″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.00″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.00″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.00″1997: 0.00″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.06″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.00″2008: 0.00″2009: 0.00″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.00″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.00″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.00″0″1″1930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

El Centro's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
El Centro, CA — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

El Centro's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
El Centro, CA — daily rainfall every day on record
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Drought History

Every week of the U.S. Drought Monitor for El Centro's county since 2000, coloured by intensity — dry spells and multi-year droughts read as warm bands.
El Centro, CA — county drought history since 2000
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise4:53 AM
Sunset6:44 PM
Solar noon11:49 AM
Daylight13h 51m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

32.84°N, 115.58°W

Nearby Stations

Yuma, AZ57 mi ERamona, CA78 mi WPalm Springs, CA86 mi NWSan Diego, CA93 mi WLake Havasu City, AZ131 mi NERiverside, CA132 mi NW

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