Bay Area Precipitation: Here’s how much rain and snow California has seen so far this winter

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — We are expecting a dry week (it is not uncommon to have 1 or 2 weeks of dry weather before the storms return) and we are almost halfway through the rainy season.

Statewide, Northern California has experienced torrential rains while Southern California has barely seen a drop of rain this winter.

We’re doing pretty well in much of the Bay Area.
The majority of cities are above average/near average for precipitation.
However, the South Bay performs significantly below average.
This is due to the storm’s track favoring North Bay (think of the torrential rains of past weeks).

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A pattern very similar to that of La Nina has materialized across the state.
While Northern California experienced beneficial rains, Southern California did not.
Places like Los Angeles and San Diego barely saw a drop of rain.
As a Santa Ana wind event prepares for this week, a rare late winter red flag warning has been issued around Los Angeles due to dry conditions.

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We are doing much better than last year at the same time.
The first snow report of the year reveals that we are at 91% of the average on this date.
Last year at the same time, we were only at 35%.
The Northern Sierra sees a deeper snowpack than the Southern Sierra (again, the storm track favors Northern California).