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Crescent City, CA

THIS YEAR · 2026
DRIEST THIS YEAR SINCE 2013
20.41in
11th driest of 128 years · normal 36.52"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 118 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
0.0in
tied for driest of 119 yrs
0% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
0.86in
23rd driest of 121 yrs
44% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
20.41in
11th driest of 128 yrs
56% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

7.73in
on Jan 9, 1995 · in 133 years

Dry Streak

58days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 126 days (to Sep 6, 1938)

Wet Streak

0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 35 days

Year to Date vs Normal

56%
20.41" of a normal 36.52" · wettest 74.29" (1904) · driest 10.55" (1977)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 98-year record (1895–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 65.77" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

11904107.61in
21902103.12in
31937101.17in
4199899.41in
5194196.95in

Driest Years on Record

1197621.38in
2201328.92in
3199130.68in
4197837.53in
5202239.14in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Jan (~10.42") and driest in Jul (~0.08"). Wettest calendar month ever: Dec 1996, 31.1".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Crescent City — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Aug 24 ever

1.26in
set in 1978

Rain on Aug 24

14%
of 118 years had measurable rain
1894: 0.00″1895: 0.00″1896: 0.00″1897: 0.00″1898: 0.00″1899: 0.00″1900: 0.00″1901: 0.00″1902: 0.00″1903: 0.10″1904: 0.00″1905: 0.00″1906: 0.00″1907: 0.00″1908: 0.00″1916: 0.00″1917: 0.00″1918: 0.00″1920: 0.00″1922: 0.00″1926: 0.00″1927: 0.00″1928: 0.00″1929: 0.00″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.00″1933: 0.00″1934: 0.00″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.00″1937: 0.00″1938: 0.00″1939: 0.00″1940: 0.00″1941: 0.04″1942: 0.00″1943: 0.00″1946: 0.00″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.08″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.01″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.00″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.00″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.00″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.12″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.00″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.05″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.00″1973: 0.13″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.41″1978: 1.26″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.00″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.00″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.00″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.00″1997: 0.21″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.00″2000: 0.01″2001: 0.01″2002: 0.01″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.01″2008: 0.03″2009: 0.00″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.00″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.00″2024: 0.01″2025: 0.00″0″1″2″190019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Crescent City's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Crescent City, CA — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Crescent City's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Crescent City, CA — daily rainfall every day on record
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Drought History

Every week of the U.S. Drought Monitor for Crescent City's county since 2000, coloured by intensity — dry spells and multi-year droughts read as warm bands.
Crescent City, CA — county drought history since 2000
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:34 AM
Sunset7:04 PM
Solar noon12:19 PM
Daylight13h 29m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

41.78°N, 124.24°W

Nearby Stations

Eureka, CA67 mi SMedford, OR80 mi NEMount Shasta, CA104 mi EKlamath Falls, OR131 mi ERedding, CA133 mi SEEugene, OR170 mi NE

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