Re: Recent Precipitation Information

According to weather stations operated by the Merced Irrigation District, Yosemite Valley received 2.05" of precipitation from the January 30 storm, and South Entrance received 2.06". According to SFPUC, O'Shaughnessy Dam received 1.88".

The Western Regional Climate Center, a part of NOAA, has analyzed the long-term (i.e. since 1948) data record of the weather station Yosemite Valley. According to this analysis, average precipitation between October 1 and January 31 is 19.58". The Yosemite Valley weather station reports 5.27" of precipitation since October 1. This is roughly 27% of average.

Below is the average monthly precipitation by month. February is the second-rainiest month, on average.

• January 6.70"
• February 6.21"
• March 5.30"
• April 2.95"
• May 1.50"
• June 0.65"
• July 0.41"
• August 0.21"
• September 0.76"
• October 1.85"
• November 4.71"
• December 6.12

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I looked at a 45 day forecast.... for February it showed about 2 inches of rain. Most of that was in 3 or 4 small showers of less than a half inch each. Those have a habit of not happening.