On this date in 2014, a calendar-day record 2.25 inches of rain fell. Amounts ranged from 1 to 5 inches because of “a deep tropical moisture feed that gushed through the D.C. metro region,” I wrote at the time.
“In flood-prone places, the water, driven by several inches of overnight and early morning rainfall, rose up to invade the habitat of humans, flooding the Alexandria waterfront and downtown Annapolis,” The Washington Post reported. “Roads throughout the region were closed by flooding, and several drivers had to be rescued from stranded vehicles after they attempted to ford pools of standing water.”
Here are other notables from this day:
- Average high: 76
- Average low: 58
- Record high: 93 (1911)
- Record low: 38 (1920)
- Record rainfall: 2.25 inches (2014)
