SLO County sees second day of record-breaking rainfall. Here’s how much your area got
Areas of San Luis Obispo County received records amounts of rain as an early-season storm showered the Central Coast for a second day.
The storm, which was unusual for this time of year, brought much-needed moisture to the drought-parched region.
Typically, SLO County doesn’t receive substantial amounts of rainfall until October.
San Luis Obispo broke rainfall records two days in a row.
On Sunday, the city saw 0.32 inches of rain, besting the previous daily record of 0.09 inches set in 1959, according to the National Weather Service.
San Luis Obispo received 0.54 inches of rain on Monday, defeating a record of 0.37 inches set in 1959, the NWS said.
Although Paso Robles didn’t set a rainfall record on Sunday — receiving just 0.07 inches of precipitation, according to the National Weather Service — the area received a record amount of rain Monday.
Paso Robles saw 0.24 inches of rain that day, surpassing a record of 0.16 inches set in 1966, the NWS said.
Some areas of the county received more than two inches of rain from the storm, according to the San Luis Obispo County Public Works Department, which records rainfall totals in various areas of the county.
Warm, sunny weather is in the forecast for SLO County for the rest of the week, according to the NWS.
Temperatures in the San Luis Obispo area will likely rise to the high 70s or low 80s by Saturday, reaching the high 80s or low 90s in the Paso Robles area, the agency predicted.
Rainfall totals in SLO County
Here’s how much rain fell in your area Sunday through Monday, according to the Public Works Department:
- Cambria: 0.86 inches of rain
- Templeton: 0.06 inches
- Santa Margarita: 1.22 inches
- Morro Bay near Hollister Peak: 0.61 inches
- Los Osos Landfill: 0.48 inches
- Camp San Luis: 0.51 inches
- Lopez Lake: 2.01 inches
- Arroyo Grande: 2.1 inches
- Oceano: 1.85 inches
- East Nipomo: 0.94 inches
This story was originally published September 20, 2022 at 11:19 AM.
