The flood of March 1938 inundated parts of Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties with water due to storms that pounded the area from Sunday Feb. 27 to Friday March 4. The rainfall totals far exceeded those ofTo help put the storms in context, the Feb. 24, 2023 total of 2.29 inches marked the wettest day in roughly 20 years in Los Angeles. But it's less than half the amount of rain Los Angeles had on March 2, 1938 -- the wettest day on record in downtown LA at 5.88 inches.
The 1938 storms began with light rain, hardly anything remarkable during the height of California's wet season. The 1938 showers were likely welcomed after a string of dry years, but the rainfall intensified the next day. The city received a break from the rain for a few hours on March 1, but a second system delivered steady downpours and the heaviest periods of rain on the morning of March 2.
"The Los Angeles River the flood of March 1938 exceeded all previous floods for which records are available," according to a USGS report on the flood."The highly developed areas along the Los Angeles River and its tributaries in the city of Los Angeles sustained the greatest damage."
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