California would only receive only 17% of normal rainfall during November. It wasn’t as low as the north central states that ranged from 1 to 5% of normal that month.
Image: http://www.2030climate.com/a2005/02_32-Dateien/02_32.html .
Category: Weather
Only tropical storm to hit California
Image: Waves at Belmont Shore from Photo Collection – Los Angeles Public Library via https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/has-a-hurricane-ever-made-landfall-in-california . Click on the link to learn more about the storm and to see more photos.
“According to several historical and meteorological sources, the only tropical storm documented to make landfall in Southern California in the 20th century rolled into Long Beach on Sept. 25, 1939. The former hurricane didn’t have a name at the time and came as a surprise to the locals.”
Excerpt and 2013 graphic from http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/09/on_this_day_in_1939_a_tro.php .
“Heavy rain drenched the area (5.66 inches in Los Angeles, 11.60 inches at Mount Wilson). Fifty-four lives were lost at sea.” [ship death number is different from the graphic above].
Excerpt from http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1999-09-25/news/9909250162_1_hurricane-west-coast-drenched .
See a less-than-two-minute video about the storm here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwlVt_46WUw .
1939 Southern California 