A few scattered snow showers remained possible late today in northern Los Angeles County as a record-breaking, late-season storm moved east.
Cool, blustery weather was the common denominator in Los Angeles today, as mountains remained cloaked in clouds.
In downtown Los Angeles, 0.48 inches of rain fell Friday, beating the old record of 0.29 inches set in 1956, according the National Weather Service.
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At Los Angeles International Airport, 0.41 inches fell, tying the old record set in 1956. And in Long Beach, 0.44 inches fell, breaking the old record for the date of 0.07 set in 1976.
Burbank got 0.89 inches, surpassing its old record of 0.36 inches set in 1976.
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Records also were set in Palmdale, where 0.47 inches fell, beating the old record of 0.22 inches set in 1998, and in Lancaster, where 0.72 inches fell, beating the old record of 0.31 inches set the same year.
Large rainfall totals were measured by Los Angeles County flood gauges as well: 2.2 inches near Mount Wilson, 1.93 inches near Acton, and 1.57 inches at both Newhall and west of Chatsworth.
Up to a foot of snow fell at local resorts, prompting them to extend the skiing/snowboarding season through the weekend at least.
Snow prompted the California Highway Patrol to close the 4,140-foot-high Grapevine section of Interstate 5 through the Tejon Summit was closed from about 10 p.m. Friday to about 4 a.m. today. A winter storm warning for the Los Angeles County mountains was cancelled at midafternoon.
Utility crews worked to restore electrical outages overnight. As of midnight, about 900 Southern California Edison customers were without power in South Gate, Pico Rivera, Santa Monica, Duarte, Long Beach, Carson, Hawthorne and other areas of Los Angeles County, SCE spokeswoman Lois Pitter Bruce said.
Scattered outages among SCE customers in Riverside and Orange counties, totaling about 300, were reported as well.
About 5,000 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers in Del Rey, Exposition Park, Gramercy Park and Westlake were without service at some point Friday.
Sunday should be warmer and sunny, with highs in the lower 70s.
