On this day in 2007, a calendar-day record 2.65 inches of rain fell — part of a multiday storm that produced more than a month’s worth of precipitation.
“The Washington area’s first significant rainstorm in months continued into this morning and was expected to drench the drought-plagued region with more than four inches before it subsides today,” The Washington Post wrote that morning. “The four-day storm set at least one record, raised this month’s rainfall above normal and appeared to ease the region’s drought, which for some time has been classified as extreme in many places.”
The rain began on Oct. 24 and, by the time the storm moved off on Oct. 27, 6.18 inches had fallen. The rainstorm, which prompted flood watches even amid the drought, was caused by a stalled area of low pressure, cutoff from atmospheric steering currents. CapitalWeather.com, the predecessor to the Capital Weather Gang, reported that the multiday soaking put a “huge dent” in the drought.
Here are other notables from this date:
- Average high: 66
- Average low: 48
- Record high: 82 (1978)
- Record low: 28 (1879)
- Record rainfall: 2.65 inches (2007)
