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IS A WARM CUP

January 25, 2026 3:57 am

Southern California Overview:

A slow warming trend will begin today with Santa Ana winds. High temperatures will be 4 to 8 degrees above normal Monday and Tuesday. It will be cooler Wednesday and Thursday with another warming trend Friday through next weekend.

United States Overview:

Heavy snow from the Ohio Valley to the Northeast. Catastrophic Ice Accumulation from the Lower Mississippi Valley to the Mid-Atlantic/Southeast. There is a Slight Risk (level 2/5) of severe thunderstorms over parts of the Central Gulf Coast on Sunday.

Heavy rain that began on this day and ended on 1/30 exacerbated the flooding earlier in the month. Monthly rainfall totals for January 1916 ranged from 7.56 inches at San Diego to 57.91 inches at Dorman’s Ranch (in the San Bernardino Mountains, 2,500 feet elev.). Five inches fell in less than 12 hours in San Diego. Extensive flooding occurred all over Southern California, the worst to date, and it resulted in 28 total deaths in the region, 22 in San Diego County. This is the most destructive and deadly weather event in San Diego County History. The Lower Otay Dam broke sending a 40-foot wall of water downstream, killing 15. A few others drowned in Mission Valley and in the San Luis Rey River. The Sweetwater Dam also broke. Every large bridge in San Diego County but one was seriously damaged or destroyed. Four drowned in Orange County, two in a cottage floating down the Santa Ana River. Two drowned in San Bernardino County. Total damage was nearly $8 million (1916 dollars).

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HAPPINESS

IS A WARM CUP

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