Nature Reigns

If you’re starting to wish for an end to this rain, have faith in nature’s cycles. Los Angeles is fickle when it comes to rain, as this historical chart shows. In June, some people may be longing for those wet days of January.

Civic Center annual totals (Jan.1-Dec.31)

1878: 20.86

1879: 17.41

1880: 18.65

1881: 5.53

1882: 10.74

1883: 14.14

1884: 40.29

1885: 10.53

1886: 16.72

1887: 16.02

1888: 20.82

1889: 33.26

1890: 12.69

1891: 12.84

1892: 18.72

1893: 21.96

1894: 7.51

1895: 12.55

1896: 11.80

1897: 14.28

1898: 4.83

1899: 8.69

1900: 11.30

1901: 11.96

1902: 13.12

1903: 14.77

1904: 11.88

1905: 19.19

1906: 21.46

1907: 15.30

1908: 13.74

1909: 23.92

1910: 4.89

1911: 17.85

1912: 9.78

1913: 17.17

1914: 23.21

1915: 16.67

1916: 23.29

1917: 8.45

1918: 17.49

1919: 8.82

1920: 11.18

1921: 19.85

1922: 15.27

1923: 6.25

1924: 8.11

1925: 8.94

1926: 18.56

1927: 18.63

1928: 8.69

1929: 8.32

1930: 13.02

1931: 18.93

1932: 10.72

1933: 18.76

1934: 14.67

1935: 14.49

1936: 18.24

1937: 17.97

1938: 27.16

1939: 12.06

1940: 20.26

1941: 31.28

1942: 7.40

1943: 22.57

1944: 17.45

1945: 12.78

1946: 16.22

1947: 4.13

1948: 7.59

1949: 10.63

1950: 7.38

1951: 14.33

1952: 24.95

1953: 4.08

1954: 13.69

1955: 11.89

1956: 13.62

1957: 13.24

1958: 17.49

1959: 6.23

1960: 9.57

1961: 5.83

1962: 15.37

1963: 12.31

1964: 7.98

1965: 26.81

1966: 12.91

1967: 23.66

1968: 7.58

1969: 26.32

1970: 16.54

1971: 9.26

1972: 6.54

1973: 17.45

1974: 16.69

1975: 10.70

1976: 11.01

1977: 14.97

1978: 30.57

1979: 17.00

1980: 26.33

1981: 10.92

1982: 14.41

1983: 34.04

1984: 8.90

1985: 8.92

1986: 18.00

1987: 9.11

1988: 11.57

1989: 4.56

1990: 6.49

1991: 15.07

1992: 22.65

1993: 23.44

1994: 8.69

1995: 24.06

1996: 17.75

1997: 5.58

Average 119 Years--15.01 inches

Source: National Weather Service, WeatherData Inc.