San Diego County's Rain Totals Already 178% Above Average to Date: NWS

A powerful storm system dumped rain on San Diego County for three days, bringing inches of much-needed rain to the region.

Unless you live in the desert, most of the county saw 3 inches or more from storm systems that pummeled the region from Saturday through Tuesday.

We've had no shortage of rain these past few weeks, so how does it compare to normal? Here is a look at where we stand as of today versus the normal to date and the the water year (Oct-Sept) normal. pic.twitter.com/2ZqBdYjsIf

— NWS San Diego (@NWSSanDiego) January 17, 2023

The National Weather Service said there has been so much rainfall, it has almost met our annual rainfall amount. San Diego has seen about 7.22 inches of rain during their tracking period -- which is from Oct. 1, 2022, to date. In a typical year, San Diego would get about 4.06 inches of rain to date, meaning we're up about 178% from what's typical.

For an entire year, from October to October, the county would typically see about 9.79 inches of rain. Our 7.22 inches so far is about 74% of that total.

Here are the official five-day totals, measured in inches from the National Weather Service as of 6:50 a.m. Tuesday:

San Diego Coastal Areas

• NATIONAL CITY 4.21
• CARLSBAD 3.99
• ENCINITAS 3.85
• SAN MARCOS 3.82
• MIRAMAR 3.94
• CARLSBAD AIRPORT 3.74
• SAN ONOFRE 3.71
• VISTA 3.67
• OCEANSIDE 3.71
• FASHION VALLEY 3.68
• KEARNY MESA 3.53
• MONTGOMERY FIELD 3.41
• BROWN FIELD 3.00
• SAN DIEGO INTL AIRPORT 2.77
• POINT LOMA 2.58
• CHULA VISTA 2.63

San Diego Valleys

• OTAY MOUNTAIN 7.47
• LAKE WOHLFORD 6.14
• MOUNT WOODSON 6.17
• SKYLINE RANCH 6.25
• ESCONDIDO 5.59
• DEER SPRINGS 5.43
• RAINBOW 5.39
• VALLEY CENTER 5.41
• HARBISON CANYON 5.24
• ALPINE 5.62
• BONSALL 4.85
• RAMONA 4.96
• FALLBROOK 4.59
• LA MESA 4.49
• BARONA 4.64
• RAMONA AIRPORT 4.77
• POWAY 4.43
• SD COUNTRY ESTATES 4.69
• SANTEE 4.23
• MIRAMAR LAKE 4.18
• GRANITE HILLS 4.33
• FLINN SPRINGS 4.21
• RANCHO BERNARDO 3.72
• SAN MIGUEL 1.62

San Diego County Mountains

• PALOMAR OBSERVATORY 11.22
• PALOMAR MOUNTAIN 10.12
• LAKE CUYAMACA 8.71
• PINE HILLS 8.75
• JULIAN 7.73
• DESCANSO 7.18
• SANTA YSABEL 6.28
• MOUNT LAGUNA 5.66
• PINE VALLEY 6.19
• CAMPO 4.85
• WARNER SPRINGS 4.34
• TIERRA DEL SOL 3.51
• RANCHITA 2.96

San Diego County Deserts

• SAN FELIPE 1.81
• BORREGO PALM CANYON 1.20
• BORREGO SPRINGS 0.59
• OCOTILLO WELLS 0.23
• AGUA CALIENTE 0.20