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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 
1225 AM EST SUN MAR 10 2024

...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT MARTINSBURG WV...

A RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.39 INCHES WAS SET AT MARTINSBURG WV YESTERDAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 1.20 INCHES SET IN 1902.

WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE MARTINSBURG WV AREA HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT 
WHAT IS NOW EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA REGIONAL AIRPORT SINCE 1938. THE 
OFFICIAL WEATHER RECORD CONSISTS OF THAT DATA BACK TO 1944, AND 
OBSERVATIONS TAKEN IN DOWNTOWN MARTINSBURG FROM 1891 THROUGH 1943. 
TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION RECORDS FOR THE MARTINSBURG WV AREA 
EXTEND BACK TO 1891.



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