Winter doesn’t officially end for almost another month. But for at least the next 10 days, it will feel like it’s already over.
“San Diego is going to be dry into March,” said Sebastian Westerink, a National Weather Service forecaster.
High pressure systems will prevent Pacific storms from diving deep into Southern California — a phenomenon that’s largely responsible for San Diego being in the midst of the second-driest rainy season on record.
Only 1.27 inches of precipitation have fallen at San Diego International Airport since Oct. 1, when the rainy season began. That’s 5.11 inches below normal. Ramona has recorded 3.00 inches, which is 6.27 inches below normal.
Forecasters say that the high pressure will noticeably lift daytime high temperatures over the next week. San Diego will reach 71 on Sunday and could hit or surpass 75 on Wednesday. The seasonal high is 66.
Despite the rain San Diego County got earlier this month, the region is currently experiencing extreme drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
There have been many years in which March has turned out to be very wet. But there’s no sign of that happening in the 10-day forecasts.
