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000 SXUS74 KHGX 301441 RERHOU RECORD EVENT REPORT...COR SEP/OCT TOTAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 941 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009 ...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL YESTERDAY ... A NEW RECORD RAINFALL OF 2.45 INCHES WAS SET AT HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL YESTERDAY OCTOBER 29TH. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 2.38 INCHES SET IN 1982. ADDING THIS MORNINGS RAINFALL OF 0.51 INCHES...THE OCTOBER MONTHLY TOTAL IS NOW 13.16 INCHES WHICH IS THE 5TH WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD. AFTER A DRY MAY THROUGH AUGUST...RAIN HAS RETURNED WITH A VENGEANCE. THE SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER RAINFALL IS NOW 17.84 INCHES WHICH IS THE 8TH WETTEST SEPT/OCT COMBINATION IN HOUSTON WEATHER HISTORY. THE 2009 ANNUAL RAINFALL IS NOW ABOVE NORMAL AFTER FALLING AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES BELOW NORMAL DURING THE SUMMER. $$
