San Diego weather: Historic rain to start the new year, and more rain chances ahead

San Diego got a month’s worth of rain to start the new year. More than 2” of rain fell at San Diego’s airport between midnight and early yesterday afternoon, which is more than we would normally get in an entire January (1.98”). It will end up being one of the top 15 rainiest days ever in San Diego according to data that goes back to 1939.

The record rainfall from yesterday is still causing a FLOOD WARNING for the San Diego River at Fashion Valley.

We will still have some passing light showers through this morning before drier conditions this afternoon.

A very unsettled weather pattern will continue for the West coast with a series of storm systems, mostly weaker ones. This will continue to give our area rain chances across the weekend and into the early part of next week.

We also have another full Super Moon this weekend for the fourth consecutive months, which will bring King Tides. We’ll have morning high tides around 7’ each morning with Saturday and Sunday morning seeing the highest tides. Each afternoon will have negative low tides.