current run under 0.01" · longest ever 224 days (to Oct 20, 1970)
Wet Streak
0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 10 days
Year to Date vs Normal
79%
5.09" of a normal 6.44" · wettest 23.19" (1978) · driest 0.32" (1972)
Wettest & Driest Years
The extremes of a 67-year record (1959–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 11.9" a year.
Wettest Years on Record
1
1978
27.67in
2
1983
26.69in
3
2010
25.24in
4
1998
25.01in
5
2023
21.67in
Driest Years on Record
1
2002
2.63in
2
1989
3.0in
3
2013
4.18in
4
2007
4.3in
5
1961
4.52in
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 Feb (~2.08") and driest in Jun (~0.0"). Wettest calendar month ever: Jan 1995, 12.76".
This Day in History · Rainfall
Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Long Beach — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.
Wettest Jul 28 ever
0.02in
set in 2003
Rain on Jul 28
1%
of 68 years had measurable rain
Wettest Jul 29 ever
0.05in
set in 2003
Rain on Jul 29
1%
of 68 years had measurable rain
Wettest Jul 30 ever
0.27in
set in 2003
Rain on Jul 30
1%
of 68 years had measurable rain
Wettest Jul 31 ever
0.02in
set in 1991
Rain on Jul 31
1%
of 68 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 1 ever
0.00in
no rain on record
Rain on Aug 1
0%
of 68 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 2 ever
0.00in
no rain on record
Rain on Aug 2
0%
of 68 years had measurable rain
Wettest Aug 3 ever
0.07in
set in 2014
Rain on Aug 3
1%
of 68 years had measurable rain
This Year's Rainfall
Long Beach'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.
Long Beach'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.
Every week of the U.S. Drought Monitor for Long Beach's county since 2000, coloured by intensity — dry spells and multi-year droughts read as warm bands.
