By the numbers: 2017 off to a wet start
The year is just 13 days old and some places on the Central Coast have aleady received a foot or more of rain.
KION meteorologist Jason Atcho compiled the list below, showing the rain that’s fallen so far in 2017:
21.20″ Boulder Creek
20.22″ Bonny Doon
19.73″ Ben Lomond
18.19″ Summit Area
16.97″ Big Sur
15.81″ Scotts Valley
13.47″ Felton
12.78″ Arroyo Seco
10.21″ Corralitos
9.36″ Morgan Hill
9.36″ Gilroy
9.06″ Live Oak
9.03″ Day valley
8.56″ San Martin
8.34″ Santa Cruz
8.08″ Aptos
7.78″ Soquel
7.76″ Watsonville
7.35″ Capitola
7.14″ Prunedale
7.10″ San Juan Bautista
6.91″ Moss Landing
6.82″ Las Lomas
6.69″ San Antonio Valley
6.29″ Rio Del Mar
6.26″ Davenport
5.86″ Aromas
5.72″ Carmel Valley
5.06″ Monterey
4.95″ Parkfield
4.87″ Pacific Grove
4.69″ Carmel
4.54″ Castroville
4.33″ Salinas
4.03″ Hollister
4.01″ Bradley
3.94″ Seaside
3.77″ Paicines
3.68″ Marina
3.36″ Pinnacles NP
3.21″ Soledad
3.20″ Gonzales
3.15″ Pebble Beach
2.57″ Greenfield
2.57″ King City
Note: The rainfall totals listed above are often an average of multiple readings within each city or area in an effort to better represent the entire populations. They may differ from “official climatological readings” reported by other agencies.