Phoenix weekend rainfall breaks record set nearly a century ago

Phoenix experienced recording-breaking weather Saturday. The National Weather Service says 0.7 inches of rain fell at Sky Harbor Airport. The previous rainfall record for Oct. 11 was set nearly a century ago at 0.3 inches.

Gabriel Lojero is a weather service meteorologist.

“Most areas got anywhere between a quarter to three-quarters of an inch of rainfall with some areas — isolated areas — over an inch of rain,” he said…

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