On this date in 2011, a moisture-rich storm unloaded over 3 inches of rain in Washington resulting in its wettest December day on record. Amounts of 2 to 4 inches were common across the area, with the heaviest amounts mostly east of Interstate 95. The rain briefly ended as wet snow at night, but there was little accumulation outside the mountains.
Here are other notables for this day:
- Average high: 51
- Average low: 36
- Record high: 79 (1998)
- Record low: 10 (1882)
- Record precipitation: 3.1 inches (2011)
- Maximum snow: 1.0 inches (1910)
