It is beyond cliche, so much so that I will refer to it, for TV and radio news people to recite the title of the 1972 pop song — It Never Rains in Southern California — when it actually does rain in Southern California.

Of course, it rains. Fifteen inches per year in Los Angeles, on average. But both residents and visitors expect mild sun. Even in winter. And rain almost always comes as a surprise.

(Almost no one in Southern California carries an umbrella in their car.)

But this two-day rainstorm, caused by Hurricane Dolores, was so rare it made some history for two Major League Baseball franchises, the Anaheim Angels and San Diego Padres.

To wit:

–The Padres had a home game rained out for the first time since 2006, and only the second time in the history of Petco Park, which opened in 2004. The club had played, as scheduled, 820 home games since the previous rainout.

–The Angels also were rained out, in Anaheim, and it was even bigger news. It was the club’s first home rainout since June 16, 1995. Yes, more than 20 years ago … 7,339 days ago.

The Angels had played 1,609 home games without a rainout. The concept was such an anomaly that one writer did a piece reminding us — and Mike Trout was 3 years old when the last rainout occurred — what the U.S. was like, in 1995. We all know lots of people who weren’t alive, the last time an Angels home game was rained out.

A personal note: In three-plus decades of covering sports in Southern California, I cannot recall being at a Major League Baseball game that had a rain delay — let alone a rainout.

The author of the long-ago pop song said “it never rains in Southern California” … but quickly added: “It pours. Man, it pours.”

It did on this one occasion, anyway.