Unrelenting rainfall shattered long-standing records Sunday in Southern California.
Steady rain drenched the region throughout the day as a cold system soaked already saturated soil. That system will move out Monday evening.
Here are Sunday's rainfall records.
- Downtown LA: 1.82 inches. The old record of 1.56 inches was set in 1978.
- LAX: 1.53 inches. The old record of 1.51 inches was set in 1978.
- Long Beach Airport: 1.72 inches. The old record of 1.48 inches was set in 1978.
- Camarillo Airport: 1.43 inches. The old record of 1.03 inches was set in 1990.
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Sunday's weather followed a record-setting Saturday, when downtown Los Angeles received 1.82 inches of rain breaking the old record of 1.56 inches set in 1978. At LAX, a record 1.53 inches fell Saturday, breaking the old record of 1.51 inches, also from 1978. And 1.72 inches fell at Long Beach Airport, eclipsing the old record of 1.48 inches from 1978.
Conditions will dry out by Tuesday, starting off a stretch of mostly rain-free days.
