How Much Rain Did Temecula Get: Rainfall Totals For Jan. 2024 Storm

TEMECULA, CA — Dry weather moved into Southern California Tuesday after a series of storms drenched the area and created slippery conditions on freeways. Some parts of the Inland Empire received more than an inch of rain Monday during the first significant storms of 2024.

While San Diego County was hammered with rainfall totals in some areas topping 5.25 inches, Riverside County and San Bernardino County also saw a fair share of rain due to the storm.

As of Tuesday morning, the National Weather Service released the four-day rain totals for the area in a new report. Several troughs of low pressure swept across the region over a roughly three-day period, producing rain and thunderstorms, the National Weather Service said. Those totals varied across the Inland Empire, according to the NWS report.

In Murrieta and Temecula, the National Weather Service recorded approximately 2.13 to 2.17 inches of rain.

Nearby Lake Elsinore recorded approximately 1.77 inches of rain.

To the north, Beaumont saw approximately 1.66 inches of rain due to the recent storm series, while Cabazon reported approximately 1.18 inches.

In the mountains, Pine Cove Dutch Flat saw nearly 3 inches of rain in the storm, while Poppet Flat and Pine Cove Rocky POint saw between 2.33 and 2.42 inches. Lytle Creek saw 3 inches of rain during the storm, and the Oak Glen area reported just under 2 inches of rain.

See the complete Monday rainfall totals for the Inland Empire here.

"While intermittent rounds of showers look likely through much of the weekend, there appear to be two favored time frames for heavier and more widespread shower activity ... Monday," according to the NWS. "Preliminary rainfall totals through the duration of this event look to be a broad swath of 1 to 2 inches across the coasts and inland valleys, 2 to 4 inches across the mountains and roughly .25 to 1 inch across the deserts."

Forecasters said any major snowfall will be above 7,000 feet during most of the storm series although temperatures may come down enough "for snow to fall down to as low as 5,500 to 6,000 feet, though any accumulations would be very light and confined to grassy surfaces."

Highways through the San Bernardino National Forest, including state Route 243 through Idyllwild-Pine-Cove, remained passable.

The weather started to clear Monday night, followed by mostly sunny and drier conditions going into midweek.

In the Riverside metropolitan area, the highs will generally hold in the low 60s for the weekend, with overnight lows in the low 50s.

In the Coachella Valley, the daytime high will creep toward 70 on Sunday, and lows will be in the low 50s, while in the Temecula Valley, the temperature band will be virtually identical to Riverside metro.