Storms Push Bay Area Ahead Of Average Annual Rainfall Pace
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) - Weather watchers will be quick to tell you that we are not on pace to bust our three-year drought and that we need to keep conserving, but let's take a moment and at least embrace the fact that this week's stormy weather has bushed us in the right direction.
On December 1st, most of the Bay Area was doing better than last year in terms of rainfall, but was still well behind the percent of normal (POM) rainfall for an average year. Rainy weather this week has changed that dramatically.
As of Monday, San Jose was a 88% of normal rainfall for this time of year, that's now changed to 164%.
SFO was at 56%. It has now seen 152% of normal.
Downtown San Francisco was at 64%, but has now seen 137% of normal.
Oakland Airport was at 69% but has now seen 121%.
Moffett Field was at 75% but that figure has ballooned to 190%.
Drought experts will be quick to warn that a couple of dry weeks could quickly put us behind pace, and that even an average year won't do much to pull us out of the drought, but for those of us who spent much of this week sitting in commute traffic or toting an umbrella, at least we know it's a start.
