Rains that began Wednesday, July 16, continued into Thursday, July 17, and set a record for total rainfall for the day in Kansas City, according to the National Weather Service.
The weather service says the record total of rainfall collected more than doubled Wednesday, with 2.78 inches recorded at the Kansas City International Airport. The previous record, set on July 16, 1968, was 1.35 inches.
Kansas City has already had 2.04 inches of rain as of 11 a.m. Thursday, marking the second straight day the city received over 2 inches. This ties the record for consecutive days of 2 inches of rainfall or more in the city, which has only happened 12 times in 137 years…