Another multi-day storm soaked San Diego County to start this week. Thankfully, this one didn't bring surging tides and destructive winds along with it -- but it did bring snow.
That means instead of counting toppled trees and calculating damage to city infrastructure, we can just focus on how much water fell from the sky.
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First, let’s look at our snowfall accumulations as of 5 a.m. Tuesday. Note the NWS said more updated snowfall reports may be available throughout the day:
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Snowfall Totals:
- Palomar Birch Hill: 5.5 inches (5,700 feet)
- Palomar Mountain: 3.5 inches (5,500 feet)
- Laguna Lodge: 1 inch (6,700 feet)
Rainfall Totals:
Here's a breakdown of two-day rainfall totals (as of 5 a.m. Tuesday) in coastal, valley and mountain communities, according to the National Weather Service in San Diego:
At the Coast
- Carlsbad: .69 inches
- El Camino Del Norte: .67 inches
- Encinitas: .66 inches
- San Marcos: .56 inches
- Brown Field: .84 inches
- Vista: .53 inches
- Las Flores: .5 inches
- Point Loma: .6 inches
- National City: .66 inches
- Oceanside: .38 inches
In the Valleys
- Escondido: .77 inches
- Deer Springs: .67 inches
- Ramona: .63 inches
- Valley Center: .59 inches
- Barona: .58 inches
- Rancho Bernardo: .54 inches
- Bonsall: .52 inches
- Santee: .55 inches
- Skyline Ranch: .51 inches
- Harbison Canyon: .59 inches
In the Mountains
- Tierra Del Sol: 1.09 inches
- Julian: 1.12 inches
- Lake Cuyamaca: 1.07 inches
- Pine Hills: .93 inches
- Henshaw Dam: .77 inches
- Descanso: .71 inches
- Ranchita: .64 inches
- Palomar: .65 inches
- Campo: .55 inches
- Santa Ysabel: .48 inches
And the Deserts
- Ocotillo Wells: .46 inches
- Agua Caliente: .42 inches
- Borrego Springs: .16 inches
San Diego has fared well this rainy season, NWS records show.
From Oct. 1, 2022, to Jan. 30, 2023, 7.54 inches of rain were measured at the San Diego Airport, which the NWS calculates as 156% of normal rainfall estimates for that time period. The Ramona Airport measured 12.61 inches of rain in the same period, which the NWS says is 187% of the normal amount, and at the Oceanside Airport, 9.61 inches was good for 170% of the normal total.
Rain could continue Tuesday morning, but the afternoon and Wednesday are expected to be dry and sunny. Temperatures should cool to close the week, however, according to NBC 7 meteorologist Dagmar Midcap.
