Analysis of recent rainfall trends and links to teleconnection patterns in California (U.S.)

•Positive precipitation trends are found in Mid-North California during winter.•Negative precipitation trends are noted in Mid-South California most of the year.•ENSO, NAO and AAO are highly correlated with rainfall in the first 4 months of the year.•PDO and PNA shown high correlations with precipitation in December.•ENSO is the pattern that might modulate precipitation in Mojave Climate Region.