Heavy Rain, E Central Sj Valley
- When
- February 1, 12:01 AM PST to February 29, 11:59 PM PST
- Where
- E Central Sj Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heavy Rain in California, February 1 to 29, 2000
As indicated in the December 1999 report, Interior Central California had the 3rd driest start of its water year on record based on Fresno records. With the rain from mid-to-late January, rain again returned on February 9th to Central California and remained through the end of February onto March 8th.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS HNX wrote it up.
As indicated in the December 1999 report, Interior Central California had the 3rd driest start of its water year on record based on Fresno records. With the rain from mid-to-late January, rain again returned on February 9th to Central California and remained through the end of February onto March 8th. The amount of rain that occurred in Fresno during the 52-day period from January 15th through March 8th, exceeded the yearly rainfall (10.60") for only the 2nd time in history (having occurred previously in a benchmark water year of 1969). The key to this water-year recovery was the record-setting rainfall for February where Fresno received 6.11" eclipsing the old 28-day February record of 5.97" set in 1962. This unusual recovery from near-drought to normal water-year rain/snow brought sufficient water supplies for the upcoming, typical summer drought.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Avalanche in Alaska, February 1, 2000
- Drought in Georgia, February 1 to 29, 2000
- Blizzard and Extreme Cold in Alaska, February 1 to 4, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 1 to 2, 2000
- Drought in South Dakota, February 1 to 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Washington, February 1, 2000
- Drought in Louisiana, February 1 to 29, 2000
- Drought in Iowa, February 1 to 29, 2000
- Drought in Minnesota, February 1 to 29, 2000
- Drought in Texas, February 1 to 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 1 to 2, 2000
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, February 1, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2000
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: 5135446.