Average Rainfall at California Beaches in January
The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall during January at beaches, cities and parks along the Pacific Ocean in California.
Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month. There is also a count of the number of days with wet weather, when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.
The rainfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.
You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Southern Coast, Los Angeles Area, Central Coast, San Francisco Area and Northern Coast.
Southern California Coast
Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
---|---|---|---|
6 | Laguna Beach | 2.8 | 71 |
6 | Newport Beach | 2.2 | 56 |
6 | Oceanside | 2.2 | 56 |
7 | San Diego | 2.0 | 50 |
7 | Santa Catalina Island | 3.0 | 77 |
Los Angeles Area
Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
---|---|---|---|
6 | Long Beach | 2.9 | 73 |
6 | Oxnard | 2.9 | 74 |
6 | Point Mugu | 2.4 | 60 |
7 | Santa Monica | 3.1 | 78 |
11 | Big Sur State Park | 9.5 | 241 |
Central California Coast
Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
---|---|---|---|
8 | Lompoc | 3.3 | 84 |
11 | Monterey | 3.5 | 88 |
7 | Morro Bay | 3.6 | 92 |
10 | Pismo Beach | 3.5 | 88 |
9 | Salinas | 2.6 | 67 |
7 | Santa Barbara | 4.4 | 113 |
San Francisco Area
Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
---|---|---|---|
12 | Bodega Bay | 5.3 | 135 |
14 | Half Moon Bay | 5.1 | 129 |
11 | San Francisco, Fort Funston | 3.9 | 100 |
14 | San Gregorio | 5.8 | 147 |
11 | Santa Cruz | 6.4 | 163 |
Northern California Coast
Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
---|---|---|---|
17 | Crescent City | 9.4 | 239 |
17 | Eureka | 6.7 | 169 |
16 | Fort Bragg | 7.7 | 195 |
18 | Klamath | 13.4 | 340 |
Reference
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.