The city received 5.14 inches of precipitation because the jet stream dropped unusually far south and many storms tapped extra moisture from the sub-tropics.
San Diego International Airport received 5.14 inches of rain in January making it the wettest month in the city since February 2005, when the airport recorded 5.83 inches of precipitation, the National Weather Service said.San Diego got drenched because “the jet stream dropped unusually far south and because many storms followed a trajectory that brought them in here from the Pacific,” said Dan Gregoria, a weather service forecaster.
Two of those storms dumped roughly 2 inches of rain over the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend. The deluge triggered flooding that led toScientists say the heavy rain likely contributed to the major rock and dirt slide that occurred at Blacks Beach in La Jolla on January 20. Since the rainy season began on October 1, the airport has recorded 7.88 inches of precipitation, which is 2.94 inches above average. February is historically the wettest month in San Diego. The airport averages about 2.3 inches. Gregoria says a low pressure system is expected to develop in the Pacific over the weekend, but it is unclear whether it will bring rain to Southern California.
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