Sea-Tac breaks rain record within first few hours of June
Jun 1, 2017, 10:39 AM | Updated: 11:06 am
(File, KIRO 7)
(File, KIRO 7)
Hours before the calendar flipped to June 1, Sea-Tac broke the record for the wettest fall through spring.
When .08 inches of rain fell late Wednesday night, it meant a total of 47.27 inches of rain had hit from Oct. 1 to May 31, according to the National Weather Service. Even if it doesn’t rain the rest of the month, we’ve already received enough to set the rain record for October through June.
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It’s the most rainfall for the October through June period since record-keeping began back in 1895. It’s just slightly above the previous record of 47.23 inches, which was set last year.
There have been 95 days with measurable rain at Sea-Tac in 2017. Gary Schneider with the National Weather Service says that’s three days shy of the record through June 1, set back in 1961.
Though the rainfall was recorded at Sea-Tac, Schneider says it is representative of most of Western Washington.
“Probably good news for the water supply,” he said.
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