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January 23, 2026 7:20 am

Southern California Overview:

Skies will be partly cloudy through the weekend except for morning low clouds across the coasts and lower valleys. High temperatures will be below normal through the weekend but will warm to above normal on Monday. The afternoon high temperatures will continue to warm through at least Wednesday. Dry conditions are forecast for the next 10 days.

United States Overview:

Heavy snow over the Central/Southern Plains and Middle/Lower Mississippi Valley. Catastrophic Ice Accumulation from the Southern Plains to the
Southeast. Bitterly cold temperatures and dangerously cold wind chills from the Southern Plains to the Northeast.

Epic floods resulted, called the “Noachian Deluge of California”, when it rained 30 days in succession, beginning 12/24/1861 to this day. 35 inches of rain fell in LA. In San Diego over seven inches fell in January alone. The Santa Ana River in Anaheim ran four feet deep and spread in an unbroken sheet of water to the Coyote Hills, three miles beyond the banks (in present-day Fullerton). The mouth of the LA River shifted from Venice to Wilmington. 20 died in Orange County. The worst flooding to date in San Diego County occurred after six weeks of rain. All of Mission Valley was underwater and Old Town was evacuated. The tide backed its waters into the San Diego River and cut a new channel into the bay.

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