The Bay Area has experienced February dry spells before, including twice from 2013 to 2016 during California’s historic drought when rainfall totals were drastically below the monthlyPrint View average.

But this February could close with a distinction most in the Bay Area would like to avoid. This could become the first February in more than 150 years with no rainfall.

The only major Bay Area city to go the entire month of February without rain is San Francisco in 1864. San Francisco has the longest set of weather data in the Bay Area, going back to 1850.

“Lincoln was president the last time San Francisco had an 0 for February,” said Jan Null, a meteorologist with Golden Gate Weather Services in Saratoga.

In San Jose, which has weather data going back to 1893, the record low for February rainfall is .02 inches, in 1953. San Jose and San Francisco, along with most other Bay Area cities including Napa, Oakland, Santa Rosa, Concord and Livermore, are bone dry for the month.

And there’s not so much as a sprinkle in sight. Both the short-term and long-range forecasts suggest no major storms on the horizon.

“It’s looking like through the end of the month, we may stay in a dry pattern,” said Roger Gass, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Monterey. “Even if we did receive any rainfall, all indications are it would be minimal at best.”

Null agreed with the forecast, though added that extended forecast computer models are hinting at a chance of rain in the next 10 to 14 days.

“But we’ve seen that the last few weeks,” Null said. “It’s possible we could end up with nothing more in the month. I don’t see any major systems. If we get anything for February, it’s going to end up being pretty small.”

February opened with a stretch of record-high daily temperatures, resulting in San Francisco, San Jose and Santa Rosa to observe the warmest start to the year on record, according to the weather service.

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The 2017 spate of winter rains has dramatically raised the water levels of many California reservoirs. The California Data Exchange lists San Luis Reservoir as having risen 40 feet, yet the immense water basin is only 70 percent full. San Luis Reservoir pictured Wednesday, March 16, 2016, after this winter's rains. (Patrick Tehan/Bay Area News Group)

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The water level at San Luis Reservoir, as seen from Dinosaur Point, has risen since recent storms near Los Banos, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. (Gary Reyes/Bay Area News Group)



The water level at Lexington Reservoir near Los Gatos, Calif., as it appeared on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015 due to the ongoing drought. (Patrick Tehan/Bay Area News Group)

The water level at Lexington Reservoir was at 105 percent of capacity t of its nearly 21,000-acre-feet capacity, according to the Santa Clara Valley Water District's historical reservoir gauge information on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, with an elevation of 652 feet. (Patrick Tehan/Bay Area News Group)

The boat dock sits in the low water levels at the south side of Camanche Reservoir in Wallace, Calif., on Tuesday, June 9, 2015. As of this summer the reservoir is only 24 percent full. (Dan Rosenstrauch/Bay Area News Group)



Camanche Lake Reservoir, while located in San Joaquin County, is operated by the East Bay Municipal Utility District, and is now 78 percent full after rising 51 feet. Pictured on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group)

With no rainfall so far this month and one of the driest Decembers on record, the entire state remains in a precipitation deficit. Oakland is at 61 percent of normal, San Francisco 59 percent, Santa Rosa 56 percent and San Jose 50 percent, according to the weather service.

While March could deliver some much-needed rainfall, it won’t likely make up for the large deficits brought on by an extremely dry December and February.

“The saving grace is we had such a great year last year,” said Null, referring to a water season that was one of the wettest on record. “In California, the first dry year is the wake-up call to watch out for that second dry year, when we see significant impacts.”