On this day in 2005, a calendar-day record 3.63 inches of rain fell in the D.C. area. The next day, another 3.67 inches fell, also a record. The downpours wiped out a drought that developed during a practically rainless September.
“Heavy rainfall that has swept through the Washington area in the past two days has doused the September drought with an October deluge,” The Washington Post reported on Oct. 8. “The rain — the remnants of Tropical Storm Tammy that moved up the East Coast — flooded roads and basements, triggered evacuations and washed out fall festivals. At the same time, it thrilled gardeners, who struggled to save parched landscaping through the driest September on record.”
Here are other notables from this date:
- Average high: 73
- Average low: 56
- Record high: 95 (1941)
- Record low: 34 (1917)
- Record rainfall: 3.63 inches (2005)
