Driest: L.A. rain: season: on: record

The: National: Weather: Service’s: downtown: Los: Angeles: station: received: only: 3.21: inches: of: rain: for: the: rain: season: ended: June: 30, 11.93: inches: below: normal. This: breaks: the: previous: record: for: the: driest: year: since: 1877, which: was: set: just: five: years: ago: when: 4.42: inches: fell: during: the: 2001-02: season.

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Seasonal: totals

(July: 1-June: 30)

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Average: since: 1877: 15.00: inches

YEAR: INCHES:

1877-78: 21.26

1878-79: 11.35

1879-80: 20.34

1880-81: 13.13

1881-82: 10.40

1882-83: 12.11

1883-84: 38.18

1884-85: 9.21

1885-86: 22.31

1886-87: 14.05

1887-88: 13.87

1888-89: 19.28

1889-90: 34.84

1890-91: 13.86

1891-92: 11.85

1892-93: 26.28

1893-94: 6.73

1894-95: 16.11

1895-96: 8.51

1896-97: 16.86

1897-98: 7.06

1898-99: 5.59

1899-00: 7.91

1900-01: 16.29

1901-02: 10.60

1902-03: 19.32

1903-04: 8.72

1904-05: 19.52

1905-06: 18.65

1906-07: 19.30

1907-08: 11.72

1908-09: 19.18

1909-10: 12.63

1910-11: 16.18

1911-12: 11.60

1912-13: 13.42

1913-14: 23.65

1914-15: 17.05

1915-16: 19.92

1916-17: 15.26

1917-18: 13.86

1918-19: 8.58

1919-20: 12.52

1920-21: 13.65

1921-22: 19.66

1922-23: 9.59

1923-24: 6.67

1924-25: 7.98

1925-26: 17.56

1926-27: 17.76

1927-28: 9.77

1928-29: 12.66

1929-30: 11.52

1930-31: 12.53

1931-32: 16.95

1932-33: 11.88

1933-34: 14.55

1934-35: 21.66

1935-36: 12.07

1936-37: 22.41

1937-38: 23.43

1938-39: 13.07

1939-40: 19.21

1940-41: 32.76

1941-42: 11.18

1942-43: 18.17

1943-44: 19.22

1944-45: 11.59

1945-46: 11.65

1946-47: 12.66

1947-48: 7.22

1948-49: 7.99

1949-50: 10.59

1950-51: 8.21

1951-52: 26.21

1952-53: 9.46

1953-54: 11.99

1954-55: 11.94

1955-56: 16.00

1956-57: 9.54

1957-58: 21.13

1958-59: 5.58

1959-60: 8.18

1960-61: 4.85

1961-62: 18.79

1962-63: 8.38

1963-64: 7.93

1964-65: 13.68

1965-66: 20.44

1966-67: 22.41

1967-68: 16.58

1968-69: 27.47

1969-70: 7.74

1970-71: 12.32

1971-72: 7.17

1972-73: 21.26

1973-74: 14.92

1974-75: 14.35

1975-76: 7.21

1976-77: 12.30

1977-78: 33.44

1978-79: 19.67

1979-80: 26.98

1980-81: 8.96

1981-82: 10.71

1982-83: 21.25

1983-84: 10.43

1984-85: 12.82

1985-86: 17.86

1986-87: 7.66

1987-88: 12.48

1988-89: 8.08

1989-90: 7.35

1990-91: 11.99

1991-92: 21.00

1992-93: 27.36

1993-94: 8.11

1994-95: 24.35

1995-96: 12.44

1996-97: 12.40

1997-98: 31.01

1998-99: 9.09

1999-00: 11.57

2000-01: 17.94

2001-02: 4.42

2002-03: 16.42

2003-04: 9.25

2004-05: 37.25

2005-06: 13.19

2006-07: 3.21

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Source: National: Weather: Service