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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
0253 AM EDT WED MAY 14 2025

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

A RECORD DAILY RAINFALL OF 2.48 INCHES WAS SET AT MARTINSBURG WV
YESTERDAY...MAY 13. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 1.90 INCHES SET IN
1932.

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.

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

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