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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1239 AM EST WED JAN 10 2024

...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC...

A RECORD RAINFALL OF 2.24 WAS SET AT WASHINGTON NATIONAL DC YESTERDAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 1.87 SET IN 1879.

RECORDS FOR THE WASHINGTON DC AREA HAVE BEEN KEPT AT WHAT IS NOW
RONALD REAGAN WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT (KDCA) SINCE 1945.
ADDITIONAL RECORDS TAKEN DOWNTOWN EXTEND THE PERIOD OF RECORD BACK
TO 1872.

ALL CLIMATE DATA ARE CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL REVIEWED BY THE
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (NCEI).

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