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San Francisco Bay Area One of the bomb cyclones related to the floods on January 4. Oakland set a record for 24 hour rainfall at 4.75 in (121 mm) of rain on December 31, while San Francisco recorded its second wettest day with 5.46 in (139 mm) of rain. The Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line sustained major damage.
The Galveston Bay Area, also known as Bay Area Houston or simply the Bay Area, [2] [3] is a region that surrounds the Galveston Bay estuary of Southeast Texas in the United States, within Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. Normally the term refers to the mainland communities around the bay and excludes Galveston as well as ...
December 1861 – January 1862: California's Great Flood. Beginning on December 24, 1861, and lasting for 45 days, the largest flood in California's recorded history occurred, reaching full flood stage in different areas between January 9–12, 1862. The entire Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys were inundated for 300 miles (480 km), averaging ...
The Bay Area got hit hard with heavy rains overnight, and while it appeared the most potent part of the recent series of storms was over, it’s not quite time to put away that umbrella.
The San Francisco Bay Area is another locale along the Pacific Coast which is occasionally affected by a Pineapple Express. When it visits, the heavy, persistent rainfall typically causes flooding of local streams as well as urban flooding. In the decades before about 1980, the local term for a Pineapple Express was "Hawaiian Storm".
Here are the latest storm rainfall totals between Sunday and Thursday at 9 a.m., according to the Weather Service: Rocky Butte: 15.72 inches. South Portal: 4.25 inches. Atascadero: 4.09 inches ...
The Tampa Bay area has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ), closely bordering a tropical climate near the waterfront areas. There are two basic seasons in the Tampa Bay area, a hot and wet season from May through October, and a mild and dry season from November through April. Nearly two-thirds of the annual precipitation falls in the ...
The remnants moved further north and brought isolated thunderstorms to the Sierra Nevada and the San Francisco Bay Area. August 20–21, 2023 – Former Hurricane Hilary dissipated over Baja California, producing a widespread area of strong winds and heavy rainfall across Southern California. The highest rainfall total was 13.07 in (332 mm).