Lisa Marie

A colorful palatte of reflection on Kearny Villa Road after a rain storm.

Highest Monthly Rainfall totals in San Diego are most likely to occur in January and February (about 1.9 inches each, on average) according to weather-service statistics. If low temperatures accompany the typical Pacific storms of this period, there’s a chance of snow in the mountains, including a very slim chance of snowfall as far west as the coast. Only during the months of December and January have traces of snow ever been recorded at San Diego’s National Weather Service station.

Few sights can match a field of purple-blue California wild lilac.

Sandu Muresan

Ceanothus, Or Wild Lilac, a late-winter- or early-spring-blooming native plant, could blossom profusely this month or next. Heavy rains and protracted periods of abundant sunshine produce the most extravagant displays. Blue and white-flowering varieties of ceanothus are common wherever native sage-scrub and chaparral vegetation grows, from the bluffs of Torrey Pines to the edge of the Anza-Borrego Desert.

The Moon,just past its first quarter phase, is only 3 to 4 degrees from Jupiter. They will be the two brightest things in the evening sky this week.