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Rainfall totals Eureka, CA

Through Oct 7, 2026, Eureka has received 17.05 inches of rain for the year, according to the official daily climate report. The normal year-to-date total is 25.43 inches. The normal figure is what the city would typically have seen by this point in the calendar. This reading comes from the station gauge at EUREKA in the National Weather Service's daily climate report.

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Data from Eureka Woodley Island, with records back to 1941. Across the record from 1941, 100 percent of days have a reading, with 100 percent in 2025.

Most recent rainfall

0.01 inches of rain fell on Oct 3, 2026, the latest measurable rainfall this year.

EUREKA saw no measurable rain on Oct 7, 2026, according to the National Weather Service daily climate report.

Official rainfall report for Oct 7, 2026

National Weather Service daily climate report for Eureka, Oct 7, 2026
MeasuredNormalvs normal
Rain on Oct 7, 20260.00 inches0.05 inches-0.05 inches
Last 48 hours0.00 inches
Last 72 hours0.01 inches
Last 7 days0.02 inches
Month to date0.02 inches0.33 inches-0.31 inches
Year to date17.05 inches25.43 inches-8.38 inches (-33%)
Record for Oct 72.31 inches1889

Source: National Weather Service daily climate report for EUREKA, issued the morning after Oct 7, 2026. The local National Weather Service office issues the daily climate report for the airport station the next morning, and that report is the official figure.

How much rain did Eureka get?

Days with measurable rain, 2026

Days with measurable rain in Eureka during 2026, newest first
DateRainfall
Oct 3, 20260.01 inches
Sep 24, 20260.19 inches
Sep 22, 20260.02 inches
Sep 21, 20260.02 inches
Sep 20, 20260.06 inches
Sep 2, 20260.33 inches
Aug 28, 20260.01 inches
Aug 27, 20260.01 inches
Aug 25, 20260.01 inches
Aug 20, 20260.01 inches
Aug 14, 20260.01 inches
Aug 13, 20260.01 inches
Aug 7, 20260.01 inches
Jul 29, 20260.01 inches
Jul 7, 20260.01 inches
Jun 26, 20260.08 inches
Jun 9, 20260.04 inches
Jun 8, 20260.55 inches
May 29, 20260.01 inches
May 27, 20260.06 inches
May 26, 20260.03 inches
May 25, 20260.21 inches
May 13, 20260.02 inches
May 12, 20260.03 inches
May 5, 20260.01 inches
May 4, 20260.02 inches
May 3, 20260.04 inches
May 1, 20260.01 inches
Apr 26, 20260.07 inches
Apr 21, 20260.23 inches

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With 2.13 inches on Feb 24, 2026, this is the 70th wettest of the 10,364 measurable rain days in the Eureka Woodley Island record, which begins in 1941. That is the most rain recorded at this station on February 24 since 1941.

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Running rain total for 2026, January to December. Dark line is measured, light line is the 1991-2020 normal, violet dot marks the latest day.

Through Oct 3, 2026, the GHCN-Daily station record shows 16.99 inches of measurable rain so far this year, falling over a 67-day span. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

Eureka rainfall by month, 2026

Monthly rainfall totals for Eureka in 2026, compared with 1991-2020 normals.
MonthRainfallNormalvs normal
January3.76 inches6.67 inches-2.91 inches (-44%)
February7.44 inches5.64 inches+1.80 inches (+32%)
March0.48 inches5.75 inches-5.27 inches (-92%)
April3.48 inches3.64 inches-0.16 inches (-4%)
May0.44 inches1.66 inches-1.22 inches (-73%)
June0.67 inches0.70 inches-0.03 inches (-4%)
July0.02 inches0.18 inches-0.16 inches
August0.07 inches0.18 inches-0.11 inches
September0.62 inches0.68 inches-0.06 inches (-9%)
October0.01 inches2.31 inches

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Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2026. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

October is still in progress; figures run through Oct 3, 2026. Averages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.

Rainfall days at each threshold in Eureka

Rainfall days at each threshold in Eureka
Year0.5+ in.1+ in.2+ in.3+ in.
2025351010
2024441640
202334800
202217500
202122300
202020400
2019341220
201828700
2017421000
2016381420
Average27.28.41.10.2

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A day counts when its rainfall total meets or passes the column amount, from Eureka Woodley Island records in GHCN-Daily. Every complete year starting with 1941 counts toward the average, 84 years in total.

Past rainfall years in Eureka

All-time rainfall records

All-time rainfall records for Eureka since 1941
Wettest day6.79 inchesDec 27, 2002
Wettest year67.21 inches1983
Driest year16.60 inches2013
Average year39.11 inches84 complete years on record
Rain days a year122average, 0.01 inch or more
Record begins194130,972 daily readings

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Monthly rainfall normals

Average monthly rainfall for Eureka, 1991 to 2020
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Inches6.675.645.753.641.660.700.180.180.682.314.898.1040.40

Averages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.

Eureka appears in the site's top 12 of the foggiest cities in the US, averaging 43 heavy fog days yearly at its airport station (NCEI daily records).

The daily climate report is issued by the local National Weather Service forecast office and delivered to this page by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet of Iowa State University. Under 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright attaches to the government-produced figures on this page, including reports, alerts, station observations, and normals, which were created by the National Weather Service and other NOAA offices. The notice that 17 U.S.C. 403 requires appears in this sentence. It does not imply endorsement by or affiliation with those agencies. See: Data sources and attribution.

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