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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
0539 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 2026
..RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT WASHINGTON DULLES
A RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.11 INCHES WAS SET AT DULLES INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT NEAR WASHINGTON DC TODAY...MAY 24. THIS BREAKS THE OLD
RECORD OF 0.83 INCHES SET IN 2005 AND 1994.
THIS REPORT IS PRELIMINARY AND WILL BE UPDATED IF ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OCCURS BEFORE MIDNIGHT LST TONIGHT.
WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE DULLES VA AREA HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT WHAT IS
NOW WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SINCE 1960. THE OFFICIAL
RECORD CONSISTS SOLELY OF DATA RECORDED AT THE AIRPORT. TEMPERATURE
AND PRECIPITATION RECORDS BEGAN IN 1960. SNOWFALL RECORDS BEGAN IN
1962.
ALL CLIMATE DATA ARE CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL REVIEWED BY THE
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (NCEI).
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