RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 615 AM PDT WED SEP 16 2015 ...RECORD DAILY RAINFALL FOR SEPTEMBER 15TH AT MANY LOCATIONS IN SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA... HEAVY RAIN FELL ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN VENTURA COUNTY DURING THE MORNING HOURS OF THE 15TH...WITH LIGHTER RAIN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF VENTURA COUNTY AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. THE RAIN WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF WHAT WAS ONCE HURRICANE LINDA. MANY DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 15TH WERE BROKEN. THE FOLLOWING ARE NEW DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 15TH. LOCATION DAILY RAINFALL OLD RECORD (YEAR) SEP 15 2015 --------------------------------------------------------------- DOWNTOWN L.A. 2.39 INCHES 0.03 (1968) LOS ANGELES AIRPORT 1.80 INCHES 0.01 (1982) LONG BEACH AIRPORT 0.93 INCHES 0.03 (1997) UCLA 2.62 INCHES 0.01 (1976) BURBANK AIRPORT 1.04 INCHES 0.25 (1976) WOODLAND HILLS 0.59 INCHES 0.10 (1984) LANCASTER FOX FIELD 0.64 INCHES 0.04 (1984) PALMDALE AIRPORT 0.43 INCHES 0.24 (1975) SANDBERG 0.69 INCHES 0.01 (1976) CAMARILLO AIRPORT 0.35 INCHES 0.02 (1976) OXNARD NWS 0.37 INCHES 0.02 (1976) SANTA BARBARA AIRPORT 0.14 INCHES 0.08 (1982) WITH 2.39 INCHES OF RAIN RECORDED IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES... SEPTEMBER 15TH 2015 WAS THE 2ND WETTEST CALENDAR DAY IN ANY SEPTEMBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1877. THE WETTEST SEPTEMBER DAY ON RECORD REMAINS SEPTEMBER 25TH 1939 WHEN 3.96 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AS A WEAKENING TROPICAL SYSTEM MADE LANDFALL NEAR LONG BEACH. THAT SYSTEM PRODUCED A TOTAL OF 5.62 INCHES OF RAIN IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. SEPTEMBER 15TH IS NOW...BY FAR...THE WETTEST DAY OF 2015 TO DATE. PRIOR TO THIS...THE WETTEST DAY WAS FEBRUARY 22ND... WHEN 0.70 INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECORDED. IN FACT...IT WAS THE MOST RAIN IN A CALENDAR DAY IN MORE THAN 4 YEARS...SINCE MARCH 20TH 2011...WHEN 2.42 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. SINCE THAT MONTH...MARCH 2011...ONLY TWO ENTIRE MONTHS...FEBRUARY 2014 AND DECEMBER 2014...RECEIVED MORE RAIN THAN THAT WHICH WAS RECORDED DURING THE MORNING HOURS OF SEPTEMBER 15TH 2015. ALL OF THE MEASURABLE RAIN ON THE 15TH FELL IN LESS THAN 7 HOURS. THAT WAS MORE RAIN THAN WAS RECEIVED IN NEARLY THE PREVIOUS 7 MONTHS. THE TOTAL RAINFALL BETWEEN FEBRUARY 23RD 2015 AND SEPTEMBER 14TH 2015 WAS 2.32 INCHES. SEPTEMBER 2015 IS NOW THE 3RD WETTEST SEPTEMBER IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1877. THE WETTEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD IS SEPTEMBER 1939...WHEN 5.67 INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED. THE 2ND WETTEST SEPTEMBER WAS SEPTEMBER 1976... DURING WHICH 2.82 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. WITH 1.80 INCHES OF RAIN...LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECORDED ITS WETTEST SEPTEMBER DAY EVER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1944. THE OLD RECORD WAS 1.66 INCHES ON SEPTEMBER 30TH 1983. $$ BRUNO/SIRARD