On this day in…
2005: Five consecutive days of heavy rainfall started on 1.7 and ended on this day. The wet weather was blamed on the “Madden-Julian Oscillation”, also known as the “Pineapple Connection”. Thirty inches of rainfall over the five days deluged Lytle Creek. Four to ten inches fell at lower elevations. Widespread catastrophic floods impacted nearly every community. This followed heavy storms in late December and earlier in January.
2001: A strong winter storm that started on 1.10 and ended on this day brought 13 to 18 inches of snow in the Idyllwild.
1993: A very wet series of storms that began on 1.6 and ended on 1.18 produced 20 to 50 inches of precipitation in the mountains and up to 12 inches at lower elevations over a two week period. It was one of the longest periods of consecutive days of rain on record (13). Flooding and flash flooding, mud slides, etc., resulted.
1930: Two inches of snow fell at Palm Springs, the greatest daily snowfall on record. The only other daily measurable snowfall on record was 1.5 inches on 1.31.1979.