Santa Margarita Lake
By KAREN VELIE
With multiple storms hitting San Luis Obispo County this April, rainfall totals are well above average in all areas of the county, according to the SLO County website. All areas of the county have exceeded yearly average rainfall amounts.
State and local reservoir levels remain healthy.
Climate scientists track rain from July 1 through June 31.
Rainfall totals from July 1 through April 27, along with average yearly rainfall:
Arroyo Grande – 18.91 inches to date – average annual 14.09 inches
Atascadero – 17.14 inches to date – average annual 12.06 inches
Lopez Dam – 2.89 inches to date – average annual 18.48 inches
Los Osos – 20.33 inches to date – average annual 15.77 inches
Nipomo – 18.88 inches to date – average annual 12.62 inches
Oceano – 15.54 inches to date – average annual 12.26 inches
Paso Robles – 16.36 inches to date – average annual 14.08 inches
Rocky Butte – 38.22 inches to date – average annual 34.75 inches
San Luis Obispo – 20.37 inches to date – average annual 16.82 inches
San Simeon – 18.26 inches to date – average annual 15.12 inches
Santa Margarita – 24.63 inches to date – average annual 16.96 inches
Shandon – 12.94 inches to date – average annual 8.44 inches
Templeton – 14.38 inches to date – average annual 13.05 inches
Current Central Coast reservoir levels:
- Santa Margarita Lake at 100.8%, SLO County
- Lake Nacimiento at 64%, SLO and Monterey counties
- Lopez Lake at 87.2%, SLO County
- Whale Rock Reservoir at 87.9% on Feb. 20, SLO County
- Cachuma Lake at 99%, Santa Barbara County
- Gibraltar Reservoir 100%, Santa Barbara County
- Jameson Reservoir 100%, Santa Barbara County
- San Antonio Lake at 64%, Monterey County
Sorry, but I disagree with the provided stats, the rainfall averages for SLO and Santa Margarita are definitely off, as this side of the range gets considerably more rain.
Is Lopez dam correct? Doesn’t make sense. Probably 22.89?