SXUS71 KOKX 040626 RERLGA RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK, NY 220 AM EDT THU APR 4 2024 ...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT LAGUARDIA NY... ...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL TIED AT LAGUARDIA NY... 1.75 INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 AT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT. THIS BREAKS THE DAILY RECORD OF 1.59 INCHES, SET IN 1983. ALSO, A TRACE OF SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 AT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT. THIS TIES THE DAILY RECORD OF A TRACE SET IN 2016. RECORDS FOR THE LAGUARDIA NY AREA GO BACK TO 1939. ALL CLIMATE DATA ARE CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY UNTIL REVIEWED BY THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (NCEI). $$