Precipitation Changeability

How often does precipitation change from one day to the next?

Your location, Atascadero, California, USA, ranks #1702 out of 1708 locations for precipitation changeability.

Most Changeable

The 25 locations where precipitation changed the most from one day to the next over the last 12 months. Change % is how often the weather switched between a precipitation day and a dry day. Precip→Dry is how often a precipitation day was followed by a dry day, and Dry→Precip is the reverse.

Rank	Location	Change %	Precip→Dry	Dry→Precip
1	Troy, New York, USA	46.8%	53.4%	39.6%
2	Cadillac, Michigan, USA	46.5%	60.5%	36.2%
3	Welland, Ontario, Canada	46.3%	57.9%	36.3%
4	Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	46.3%	50.7%	42.4%
5	Keene, New Hampshire, USA	46.1%	61.1%	35.8%
6	Buffalo, New York, USA	45.7%	51.9%	40.1%
7	St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada	45.0%	56.3%	37.0%
8	Berlin, New Hampshire, USA	44.8%	51.3%	39.2%
9	Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA	44.4%	55.2%	37.2%
10	Saint John's, Saint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda	44.1%	40.5%	48.8%
11	Youngstown, Ohio, USA	43.9%	49.7%	39.0%
12	Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia	43.8%	46.1%	41.7%
13	Alpena, Michigan, USA	43.6%	53.7%	36.2%
14	Tabatinga, Amazonas, Brazil	43.4%	41.5%	45.8%
15	West Albany, New York, USA	43.2%	50.7%	37.1%
16	Olean, New York, USA	43.0%	47.3%	39.3%
17	Beckley, West Virginia, USA	42.9%	45.6%	40.1%
18	Libreville, Estuaire, Gabon	42.9%	47.3%	37.8%
19	North Elba, New York, USA	42.9%	42.6%	43.1%
20	Lewiston, Maine, USA	42.7%	54.0%	34.2%
21	Punta Arenas, Region of Magallanes, Chile	42.7%	35.8%	52.5%
22	Rochester, New York, USA	42.4%	46.3%	38.8%
23	Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia	42.4%	39.8%	46.0%
24	Albany, New York, USA	42.4%	52.8%	34.4%
25	Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia, Ukraine	42.4%	48.4%	34.5%

Least Changeable

The 25 locations where precipitation changed the least from one day to the next over the last 12 months. These are places where the weather tends to stay the same — dry days stay dry and rainy days stay rainy.

Rank	Location	Change %	Precip→Dry	Dry→Precip
1684	Jizan, Jazan Region, Saudi Arabia	8.1%	66.7%	2.9%
1685	Santa Clarita, California, USA	8.1%	46.7%	4.3%
1686	Santa Ana, California, USA	7.9%	66.7%	3.3%
1687	Stockton, California, USA	7.9%	40.0%	4.1%
1688	Modesto, California, USA	7.8%	42.4%	3.8%
1689	Visalia, California, USA	7.8%	55.6%	3.6%
1690	Oxnard, California, USA	7.7%	41.4%	4.4%
1691	Atascadero, California, USA	7.4%	42.4%	3.4%
1692	Irvine, California, USA	7.4%	48.0%	4.0%
1693	Long Beach, California, USA	7.4%	48.1%	3.7%
1694	Al Bahah, Al Bahah Region, Saudi Arabia	7.4%	86.7%	3.2%
1695	Garden Grove, California, USA	7.3%	38.7%	4.0%
1696	Santa Maria, California, USA	6.9%	40.0%	3.6%
1697	Tulare, California, USA	6.8%	40.7%	3.7%
1698	Los Angeles, California, USA	6.6%	37.9%	3.6%
1699	Blythe, California, USA	6.6%	70.6%	2.8%
1700	Ventura, California, USA	6.5%	37.9%	3.6%
1701	San Luis Obispo, California, USA	6.5%	40.6%	2.7%
1702	Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran	6.4%	66.7%	3.0%
1703	Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan, Iran	6.0%	62.5%	2.6%
1704	Kerman, Kerman, Iran	5.7%	47.1%	3.0%
1705	Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	5.1%	57.1%	2.3%
1706	Fujairah, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates	5.0%	88.9%	2.2%
1707	Najran, Najran Region, Saudi Arabia	4.7%	70.0%	2.4%
1708	Torrance, California, USA	4.3%	77.8%	1.9%