NEXT RAIN CHANCE SAN DIEGO: UPDATED SATURDAY 1-14-2016

The unsettled weather pattern will persist for at least another two weeks. Computer forecasts continue to show a cool and wet anomaly over the entire Western United States (shown below). This means we will have several chances for rain in the coming days. In addition, temperatures will generally remain below normal.

The first system arrives Thursday and it will immediately be followed by more rain on Friday. In fact, it's looking like the rain chance will linger into next weekend as well. It's still too early to pinpoint the exact timing of these systems, but if you are going to be outdoors, I'd plan accordingly.

SAN DIEGO 2016 RECAP: RAINFALL & TEMPERATURES

2016 was a warm year with overall temperatures at 2.7 above average. Total rainfall was at 10.2" for the year, which is just a hair below average.

	Average Temperature	Departure From Normal	Total Rainfall	Departure From Normal
Jan	58.5	1.4	3.21	1.23
Feb	63.9	6	0.05	-2.22
Mar	62.7	3.3	0.76	-1.05
Apr	65.5	3.8	0.55	-0.23
May	65	1	0.44	0.32
Jun	68.9	2.5	0	-0.07
Jul	70.9	0.9	0	-0.03
Aug	72.8	1.2	0	-0.02
Sep	72	1.4	0.32	0.17
Oct	70.6	3.9	0.07	-0.5
Nov	65.8	4.5	0.61	-0.4
Dec	58.9	2.4	4.22	2.69
Total	66.3	2.7	10.2	0.0

Most of the Southern California and the Southwest U.S. were below normal for rainfall, though Northern California and Southern Nevada were above normal. Temperatures were significantly above normal across the entire Southwest.

Across the United States:

The Northern Midwest, Texas and parts of the Mid Atlantic saw record rainfall. It was warmer than normal across the entire country, with parts of Georgia and Arizona seeing record heat.