How much rain did Fresno, Valley get during recent storms? Here’s the latest forecast
Fresno has had triple the amount of rain it sees on average for the start of the year, according to records from meteorologists.
The rain gauge at Fresno Yosemite International Airport has measured 3.9 inches of rain through Tuesday, which is compared to the normal of 1.26 inches, according to the National Weather Service in Hanford.
The latest storm dumped 0.9 inches into the Fresno area from Friday through Monday, meteorologist JP Kalb confirmed.
The average for the entire month of January is 1.85 inches in Fresno, and the wettest January on record tallied 8.56 inches in 1969.
The central San Joaquin Valley has been hammered by a series of thunderstorms in late December that continued into this month, which was a result of an atmospheric river, meteorologists have said.
For the rainy season that began Oct. 1, Fresno has seen 9.03 inches, which is more than double the 4.41 average, the service said.
The weather was drier Tuesday, but did bring fog into the Valley.
The weather service forecast showers on Wednesday night. “We are looking at less than a tenth (of an inch), so not a whole lot,” he said.
Later in the week calls for more patchy fog and frost in the early mornings, forecasters say. The low temperatures were expected to get down to 35 degrees or lower Thursday through Sunday.
Fresno has not had it as bad as some parts of the state.
On Sunday, President Joe Biden declared a major disaster in three counties — Merced, Sacramento and Santa Cruz counties.
That means the federal government was making disaster assistance available to the state of California to supplement state, local and tribal recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe winter storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides beginning on Dec. 27.
This story was originally published January 17, 2023 at 9:35 AM.
