NEVADA CITY, Calif. April 8, 2025 – Despite an exceptionally dry January, precipitation totals throughout western Nevada County are close to the 30-year averages for the area.
Overall, precipitation totals are higher than the 2023-2024 water year, but below 2022-2023 totals. Water years start on October 1 and run through September 30.
Total precipitation so far
The total precipitation recorded for the 2024-2025 water year at the CoCoRaHS CA-NV-1 station stands at 48.01″. The station, located at YubaNet HQ, is part of the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS).
For the Grass Valley area, station CA-NV-36 reports 42.90″, or 112% of normal precipitation.
The Penn Valley area, covered by station CA-NV-50, has received 40.17″ of precipitation, 111% of normal.
If you are curious about rain totals, you can check the public maps available here any time. Every day at 7 am active CoCoRAHs stations report 24-hour precipitation totals. California joined the CoCoRaHS network in October 2008. In Nevada County, 67 stations are registered – but only 22 are active. To join, click here.
Outlook
Near to above normal precipitation and snowpack over the past two water years is maintaining drought-free conditions over Northern California, according to the US Drought Monitor.
According to the NWS Sacramento Office, the Climate Prediction Center’s 3-month outlook is leaning towards below normal precipitation.
