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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1242 AM EST WED JAN 10 2024

...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT MARTINSBURG WV...

A RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.84 WAS SET AT MARTINSBURG WV YESTERDAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 0.93 SET IN 1964.

WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE MARTINSBURG WV AREA HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT
WHAT IS NOW EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA REGIONAL AIRPORT SINCE 1938. THE
OFFICIAL WEATHER RECORD CONSISTS OF THAT DATA BACK TO 1944, AND
OBSERVATIONS TAKEN IN DOWNTOWN MARTINSBURG FROM 1891 THROUGH 1943.
TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION RECORDS FOR THE MARTINSBURG WV AREA
EXTEND BACK TO 1891.

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