Right here's how a lot rain San Diego has acquired through the El Niño winter to date

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Highly effective winter storms have slammed San Diego over the previous few weeks, bringing intense downpours which have shattered native information in some elements of the county.

This rainfall, introduced through the area’s first El Niño winter in practically 5 years, has overwhelmed neighborhoods with widespread flash flooding and landslides.

The impacts of those storms have been monumental for San Diegans, however they got here after weeks of little to no rain that marked a sluggish begin to a winter anticipated to be on the wetter facet.

Now that the traditional “moist season” is greater than midway via, some could also be asking simply how shut the El Niño winter has been in comparison with preliminary expectations.

In response to the Nationwide Climate Service, it’s been a barely above regular yr for rainfall to date, with many of the county reporting totals which have already met or are nearing the realm’s annual averages.

Whereas there’s nonetheless a methods to go earlier than San Diego County meets final yr’s historic totals, it marks a stark reversal from the sluggish begin many of the state noticed through the first few months of the area’s first El Nino winter in practically 5 years.

Throughout six of the NWS’ local weather reporting websites, San Diego has acquired a mean rainfall of about 9.89 inches of rainfall because the begin of the water yr, which is the 12-month interval between Oct. 1 and Sep. 30 that’s used to measure precipitation totals. The overwhelming majority of this rain was recorded through the storms in late January and mid-February.

On common, many of the county west of the mountains receives a mean of about 10 inches of rain per yr whereas these within the mountains get about 33 inches, in response to the San Diego Water Authority.

Gathered precipitation totals in NWS’ report when checked out by neighborhood stay pretty constant throughout the board, starting from about 8.50 to 11.67 inches to this point in rainfall.

Of the six reporting stations, Oceanside got here in first with essentially the most precipitation this water yr to date, totaling about 11.67 inches. Carlsbad, who acquired greater than double their common rainfall final yr, carefully follows at 10.99 inches recorded since October.

Under is a breakdown of complete gathered precipitation in inches from October to current at six of NWS’ reporting stations, together with comparisons with the final 5 water years.

In response to NWS, San Diego County’s moist season through the water yr sometimes continues via the top of March and into early April.

Throughout this time, meteorologists with the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say El Niño might proceed to carry above regular possibilities for chilly, moist situations to the county earlier than it begins to fade between April and June.

Though, it’s unclear whether or not San Diego will see extra highly effective storms like people who pummeled the area earlier this yr, pushing rainfall totals up nearer to final yr’s information.

The subsequent storm, which is anticipated to hit early subsequent week, isn’t anticipated to be as sturdy of a downpour on the county as earlier ones this yr, as the principle leg of the storm is anticipated to hit farther north in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara.

In response to NWS, San Diego County areas might see anyplace from 0.25 to 1.5 inches of rain gathered between Monday and Wednesday.