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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
0255 AM EDT WED MAY 14 2025

...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT HAGERSTOWN MD...

A RECORD DAILY RAINFALL OF 1.99 INCHES WAS SET AT HAGERSTOWN MD
YESTERDAY...MAY 13. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 1.52 INCHES SET IN
1978.

WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE HAGERSTOWN MD AREA HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT
WHAT IS NOW THE HAGERSTOWN AIRPORT SINCE OCTOBER OF 1998. THE
OFFICIAL WEATHER RECORD CONSISTS OF DATA BACK TO OCTOBER OF 1998,
AND OBSERVATIONS TAKEN 1 MILE EAST OF HAGERSTOWN FROM 1899 THROUGH
SEPTEMBER OF 1998. TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION RECORDS FOR THE
HAGERSTOWN AREA EXTEND BACK TO 1899.

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

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