INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – Another rainfall year could be opening on the dry side.

The 2024-25 rainfall year ended Tuesday (September 30th) with some cities in the Metro Inland Empire recording only one-third to one-half of normal rainfall. Riverside got barely 4-inches over the previous 12 months, the driest since 2020-11.

Communities closest to the mountains. Such as San Bernardino and Fontana, recorded twice as much.

Higher up, Big Bear measured 55 inches of snow, still short of the average.

Story Date: October 10, 2025