Record Rainfall For The Date In Sacramento

National Weather Service in Sacramento reports:

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO, CA
140 AM PST TUE FEB 21 2017

...RECORD DAILY RAINFALL FOR FEBRUARY 20...

A RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.74 INCHES WAS SET AT SACRAMENTO, CA EXECUTIVE AIRPORT FOR FEBRUARY 20TH. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 0.94 SET IN 1979.

IN ADDITION, A RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.69 INCHES WAS SET AT THE DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO, CA LOCATION FOR FEBRUARY 20TH. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 1.21 SET IN 1914.

ALSO, A RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.33 INCHES WAS SET AT STOCKTON, CA AIRPORT FOR FEBRUARY 20TH. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 0.84 SET IN 1979.

So far at Sacramento Executive Airport, 8.18 inches of rain have fallen in February, more than three times the normal 2.5 inches that typically falls by this date.