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DC weather history for September 9

A 2018 rainstorm set a daily record and contributed to one of the wettest years on record, with an unusually high number of days topping an inch of rainfall.

On this date in 2018, a calendar-day record 1.59 inches of rain fell, prompting flood warnings for the area. It was one of a record 24 days that year — the wettest observed — with at least an inch of rain.

Here are other notables from this date:

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