After a short weekend reprieve following Thursday’s downpour, Stanford will see half an inch of rain between 11 p.m. Sunday night and 2 p.m. Monday afternoon.

On Thursday, Stanford, unable to escape an atmospheric river storm that brought strong winds and heavy rain to the Bay area and the Santa Cruz mountain, received 1.37 inches of rain.

“It’s tough biking to class, for sure, especially when you forget your raincoat… you get soaked on the way,” said Griffin Jason Lee ’27. 

Lee, who is from Georgia, said the rain at Stanford is colder than storms he experienced at home. However, he looks forward to Lake Lagunita filling with water as the rainy season progresses. 

This weekend, the storm system moved south, settling in southern California and giving Bay Area residents a short break from torrential downpours before the storm returned late Sunday evening.

Benjamin Vu ’28 said that the weather has been “pretty sad”. 

“I really like being out on a nice, sunny day. So, it’s been pretty hard walking around campus in the rain,” said Vu. 

Stanford’s rainy season typically lasts from October to May — this year’s inaugural rainstorm has come slightly later than expected. In fact, Stanford’s yearly precipitation has been on a steady decline in recent years. On average, in the last 30 years, Stanford has seen 14 inches of rain by mid-November, while this year only 10.41 inches of rain have fallen in the area. 

“The rains don’t seem that major,” said Shawn Gregory ’28. Gregory added that he thinks “we need more rain” due to the perpetual drought California is currently experiencing. 

Lee expressed concerns about biking in the rain without bike lights. “Stanford should give [students] bike lights,” said Lee. Vu added that it would be “really cool” if Stanford gave every student an umbrella. 

“If there are some innovators out there who can make umbrellas for while you are biking, I think that would be very helpful,” Gregory said.