SLO County just got some more rain. Here’s how much fell in your area
Most of San Luis Obispo County woke up to steady rainfall Tuesday morning as a small storm brought much-needed precipitation to the Central Coast.
The precipitation, which started late Monday evening and lasted through late Tuesday morning and into the afternoon, didn’t amount to much overall.
Many areas of the county received less than a half-inch of rain, the San Luis Obispo County Public Works Department reported at 1 p.m. Tuesday.
According to the agency, Rocky Butte near San Simeon received the most rain in the county with 0.83 inches.
The rainfall likely won’t do much to ease the drought conditions the county is experiencing.
As of Nov. 4, San Luis Obispo County was experiencing “extreme” and “exceptional” drought conditions — the two worst categories of drought by the U.S. Drought Monitor. Most of California is in a similar situation.
The rest of this week is forecast to be dry and sunny, according to the National Weather Service.
While some areas were expected to see drizzling through late Tuesday afternoon, the county Public Works Department and PG&E meteorologist John Lindsey had recorded the following rainfall totals as of 2 p.m.:
- Arroyo Grande Creek: 0.24 inches
- Atascadero: 0.04 inches
- Avila Beach: 0.43 inches
- Baywood Park: 0.24 inches
- Cal Poly: 0.34 inches
- Cambria: 0.43 inches
- Camp San Luis Obispo: 0.24 inches
- Canet near Morro Bay: 0.23 inches
- Creston: 0.04 inches
- Davis Peak: 0.2 inches
- Diablo Canyon: 0.21 inches
- Hog Canyon: 0.04 inches
- Lompoc Airport: 0.1 inches
- Lopez Dam: 0.26 inches
- Los Berros: 0.16 inches
- Los Osos Landfill: 0.24 inches
- Morro Toro: 0.51 inches
- Nipomo North: 0.25 inches
- Nipomo South: 0.2 inches
- Oak Shores near Lake Nacimiento: 0.12 inches
- Oceano: 0.24 inches
- Paso Robles Municipal Airport: 0.01 inches
- Pismo Beach: 0.25 inches
- Point San Luis Light Station: 0.25 inches
- Rocky Butte: 0.83 inches
- Santa Margarita Lake: 0.12 inches
- Santa Maria Public Airport: 0.11 inches
- San Simeon: 0.47 inches
- Shandon: 0 inches
- Shell Beach: 0.32 inches
- Stenner Springs Open Space: 0.47 inches
- Vandenberg Space Force Base: 0.15 inches
This story was originally published November 9, 2021 at 1:28 PM.
