 Hurricanes are very rare, although San Diego receives more tropical storms and remnants of tropical storms than anywhere else in California.Famous examples include the 1858 San Diego Hurricane and the 1939 California tropical storm, as well as the remnants of Hurricane Kathleen in 1976, all of which brought several inches of rain and high winds to San Diego.Inland areas like El Cajon can receive over per year on average; further inland at higher elevations in the Cleveland National Forest receive more yet, and some areas like Palomar Mountain average more than of rainfall per year.