Heavy Rain in California, September 9, 1998

Name: Heavy Rain in California, September 9, 1998
Start: 1998-09-09T01:00
End: 1998-09-09T08:30
Location: California

September 9, 1998 · NWS HNX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Central Sjv

When: September 9, 1:00 AM PST to 8:30 AM PST
Where: Central Sjv forecast zone
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Coldfrontal passage through the northern portion of Central California on Sept 9th did not provide any especially inclement weather. However, it is worth mentioning because of the previous elongated rainy season supported by an El Nino in the mid-Pacific. The late arrival of summer (early July) in combination with some "cool" season shower activity from the 9th's weak coldfrontal passage began to cause problems. The growing season was offset later in the year and the "normal" arrival of fall was not a good combination for besieged local agriculture.

What these are

Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in California in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in California, September 1998

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5668399.