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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
0218 AM EDT MON AUG 03 2026

...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT WILLIAMSPORT PA...

A RECORD RAINFALL OF 5.28 INCHES WAS SET AT WILLIAMSPORT PA
YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD DAILY RECORD OF 2.46 INCHES SET IN
2017.

IT ALSO BECAME THE WETTEST AUGUST DAY ON RECORD, BREAKING THE
PREVIOUS MARK OF 5.22 INCHES SET ON AUGUST 24, 1933.

5.28 INCHES IS OFFICIALLY THE 5TH HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALL SINCE
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1895. THE TOP 4 OCCURRED WITH AGNES (1972), LEE
(2011), DENNIS (1999), AND IVAN (2004).


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