A powerful AR dropped 169.5 mm (6.67 inches) of rain over Santa Barbara over a three-day period ending November 17.
This broke the previous three-day total November record of 144 mm (5.66 inches) set in 2002, making November 2025 the wettest ever for the Santa Barbara Airport.
The storm triggered widespread flooding, downed trees, and mud-covered roadways as it moved slowly along the coast and maintained a direct moisture connection to the central Pacific.
The downpour was so heavy because it pulled in moisture all the way from Hawaii as it rotated, said Bryan Lewis, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service (NWS) in Oxnard to the LA Times…