Heavy Rain, Fresno
- When
- March 5, 12:00 AM PST to March 8, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Fresno County, Fresno
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 36.758, -119.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in California, March 5 to 8, 2000
04" of rain to Fresno which broke the record for the date. 61" ...
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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.
Another frontal passage during the 5th brought 1.04" of rain to Fresno which broke the record for the date. However, through March 8th, the Fresno rainfall total since January 1st was 10.61" ... the second fastest time to reach its annual rainfall of 10.60" ... and eclipsed only by the wet year of 1969 when 10.66" of rain fell between January 1st and February 19th. This quick rainfall accumulation is significant because of the abnormally dry start to the local water year and the recovery to normal precipitation total amounts avoided economic hardships to local agriculture due to water delivery cutbacks.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Winter Storm in Arizona, March 5 to 7, 2000
- Winter Storm in Arizona, March 5 to 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds in California, March 5, 2000
- Winter Storm in Arizona, March 5 to 7, 2000
- Flooding and Heavy Snow in California, March 5 to 6, 2000
- High Wind in Colorado, March 5 to 6, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, March 5 to 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, March 5, 2000
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 5, 2000
- Flood in Arizona, March 5 to 7, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Washington, March 5 to 6, 2000
- Flood in California, March 5, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, March 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: 5140876.