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Inching closer to breaking dry weather record

Oct 5, 2012, 10:11 AM | Updated: 11:19 am

It’s been a dry kick off to the fall season and forecasters say it’s not going to rain ...

It's been a dry kick off to the fall season and forecasters say it's not going to rain anytime soon. (AP Photo)

(AP Photo)

It’s been a dry kick off to the fall season and forecasters say it’s not going to rain anytime soon.

In fact, we’re very likely to set a new record of 76 dry days with only .03 inches of rain since July 23.

“I think it’s pretty likely. We only need two more days of it and I think we’re definitely going to break that,” said Johnny Berg with the National Weather Service.

He said with a weak El Nino winter in the forecast, there’s a 60 percent chance of a drier than normal winter.

The previous record was a 75 day stretch of .03 inches of rain, set in 1922.

KIRO Radio’s Seth Keller contributed to this story.

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