After months of uncharacteristically soggy weather across the Southland, Mother Nature will bring more unusual weather this weekend., the National Weather Service said. The heat marks an abrupt change from what has been record-setting wet season for the region — and the state — through February. The 20th century average was 15.5 inches in the same time period and the previous record was the winter of 1968-69, when it rained an average of 27.34 inches, the agency reported. As of Friday in downtown Los Angeles, it has rained 12.55 inches since Jan. 1, while the average is 7.87, the National Weather Service said. “All that rain we got knocked us down pretty good in the drought severity,” said Seto of the National Weather Service.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 10, 2017 23:59 UTC