Posted December 18, 2010, 3:02 PM.
The first of a series of storms whisked quickly through the inland valleys Wednesday night and Thursday, leaving more than a quarter of an inch of rainfall in some locations.
As reported in our earlier story, mostly light rain began falling shortly before midnight, and continued through the 10am hour locally, and into the afternoon hours in some locations (most notably Moreno Valley).
The rain was heaviest in the San Jacinto Valley, where WeatherCurrents stations in San Jacinto and Hemet recorded 0.30" and 0.29", respectively. Monty Parrot in East San Jacinto reported 0.26".
Other communities with significant totals were Perris and Moreno Valley(0.27"), Temecula Valley Wine Country (0.27" - thanks to Jim Sappington), De Luz (0.25"), Menifee (0.23"), Riverside (0.23"), Fallbrook (0.22"), and Temecula (0.21").
Wildomar and Murrieta recorded the least amounts, at 0.15" and 0.14", respectively. Lake Elsinore and French Valley each recorded 0.18".
WeatherCurrents' San Jacinto weather station was back online for this storm.
The following rainfall totals were recorded Wednesday night and Thursday:
| Location |
Storm |
Season |
Source |
| San Jacinto |
0.30" |
2.36"1 |
WeatherCurrents |
| East Hemet |
0.29" |
3.14" |
WeatherCurrents |
| Temecula Valley Wine Country |
0.27" |
3.83" |
Jim Sappington |
| Moreno Valley |
0.27" |
2.60" |
WeatherCurrents |
| Perris |
0.27" |
2.07" |
WeatherCurrents |
| East San Jacinto |
0.26" |
3.14" |
Monty Parrott |
| De Luz |
0.25" |
5.95" |
WeatherCurrents |
| Menifee |
0.23" |
2.39" |
WeatherCurrents |
| Riverside (Canyon Crest) |
0.23" |
2.12" |
WeatherCurrents |
| South Fallbrook |
0.22" |
4.85" |
WeatherCurrents |
| South Temecula |
0.21" |
3.30" |
WeatherCurrents |
| Lake Elsinore |
0.18" |
3.18" |
WeatherCurrents |
| French Valley |
0.18" |
2.45" |
WeatherCurrents |
| Wildomar |
0.15" |
1.86"2 |
WeatherCurrents |
| Northwest Murrieta |
0.14" |
2.34" |
WeatherCurrents |
- San Jacinto totals are not complete for November.
- Wildomar totals are not complete for October.
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