It actually rained in The City today (San Francisco, CA)… not very much just 0.02”. It did, however, set a record for today, since it has never rained in recorded weather history on July 18th.

From today’s area forecast discussion:

IT HAS BEEN A RECORD SETTING MORNING. DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO HAS HAD 0.02 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING…WHICH IS A RECORD FOR THIS DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO WAS…ZERO! RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT FOR DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO FOR MORE THAN 150 YEARS! LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN HAS FALLEN LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING ACROSS MOST OF THE BAY AREA NORTH OF SAN JOSE. RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 0.2 OF AN INCH IN PLACES OF THE NORTH BAY…WITH 0.1 INCHES OR LESS ACROSS THE BAY AREA…AND EVEN UP TO 0.02 INCHES IN LA HONDA AND BEN LOMOND.

Here’s the doppler radar image showing the system a little later in the day.

And the 1 KM visible satellite image.