Lying between the coastal marine layer fog and the San Joaquin Valley heat, San Benito County has a pleasant moderate climate. With 333 days of sunshine and temperatures averaging in the high 60's, the county is ideal for agriculture and recreation.

The annual precipitation averages 13.37 inches. Rainfall varies throughout the county due to its variable terrain. These readings were taken at the County Yard on Southside Road.

Rainfall - October 2003 to September 2004

Current Rainfall - October 2004 to September 2005

(updated 5-26-05)

DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP
Total:	2.56 OCT	0.55 NOV	2.49 DEC	4.42 JAN	2.86 FEB	3.55 MAR	1.86 APR	0.50 MAY	0.24 JUN	0.00 JUL	0.00 AUG	0.00 SEP	19.21 TOTAL
1
2						.11	.37
3				1.80
4		.07		.03		.71
5				.05				.29
6
7			1.05	.06		.03	.95
8			.10		.08
9			.12					.21	.24
10				.60
11				.69			.06
12		.38		.50
13
14					.25
15					.60
16					.80
17
18	.60				.31
19	.08
20	1.04
21						.32
22					.40
23
24						1.95
25	.04
26	.77			.06
27	.03			.63
28			.72		.42	.43	.39
29		.10	.20				.09
30			.30
31

Total:	2.56 OCT	0.55 NOV	2.49 DEC	4.42 JAN	2.86 FEB	3.55 MAR	1.86 APR	0.50 MAY	0.24 JUN	0.00 JUL	0.00 AUG	0.00 SEP	19.21 TOTAL

The charts below show the annual rainfall totals for both San Benito County and the state of California from 1874-2002.

Annual Rainfall from 1874 - 2002

Rainfall Year	Total	Rainfall Year	Total	Rainfall Year	Total	Rainfall Year	Total	Rainfall Year	Total	Rainfall Year	Total
1874	9.37	1898	9.88	1922	11.24	1946	9.86	1970	11.81	1994	13.33
1875	15.57	1899	10.92	1923	5.16	1947	10.75	1971	5.16	1995	16.19
1876	4.69	1900	15.76	1924	12.39	1948	9.98	1972	19.98	1996	13.89
1877	18.12	1901	11.47	1925	8.61	1949	11.69	1973	13.44	1997	14.75
1878	8.81	1902	12.64	1926	13.73	1950	14.52	1974	13.19	1998	25.89
1879	12.38	1903	11.79	1927	10.23	1951	16.9	1975	5.97	1999	7.16
1880	12.48	1904	17.24	1928	8.41	1952	9.93	1976	11.29	2000	10.43
1881	10.44	1905	20.45	1929	9.2	1953	11.18	1977	17.26	2001	11.64
1882	9.61	1906	23.8	1930	7.97	1954	12.41	1978	13.62	2002	9.99
1883	16.54	1907	10.94	1931	15.52	1955	17.99	1979	13.91	2003	13.73
1884	6.75	1908	17.63	1932	8.18	1956	8.8	1980	11.93
1885	14.44	1909	14.67	1933	6.23	1957	20.5	1981	18.17
1886	7.47	1910	13.4	1934	15.76	1958	9.36	1982	27.12
1887	10.12	1911	10.06	1935	12.27	1959	11.11	1983	12.24
1888	10.27	1912	6.73	1936	17.56	1960	11.31	1984	11.32
1889	23.05	1913	19.85	1937	20.18	1961	12.89	1985	15.75
1890	10.33	1914	18.2	1938	9.79	1962	14.87	1986	9.28
1891	12.2	1915	17.38	1939	16.12	1963	8.32	1987	8.04
1892	18.64	1916	14.18	1940	21.7	1964	14.39	1988	8.34
1893	11.74	1917	9.32	1941	15.3	1965	11.22	1989	7.49
1894	5.71	1918	15.17	1942	14.07	1966	18.9	1990	8.63
1895	14	1919	8.38	1943	10.54	1967	9.01	1991	9.19
1896	13.86	1920	12.94	1944	11.69	1968	19.38	1992	15.79
1897	6.61	1921	18.53	1945	12.7	1969	11.77	1993	7.2

revised: 12-15-2003

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