The rain records were shattered with this past weekend’s rain event. On September 21, 2018, DFW picked up 5.85 inches of rain, just shy of the record of 6.38 inches of rain set in 1900 on that date. We picked up an additional 2.31 inches of rain on September 22, 2018 shattering the old record of 1.47 inches of rain set in 1914. The 24-hour period between 8pm and noon September 21-22, 2018 was the greatest 24-hour precipitation ever recorded for September at DFW with a torrential 8.16 inches. This breaks the old record of 7.74 inches set in 1932 for the month.  This brings the month of September 2018 to a whopping 11.49 inches of accumulated rain. This shatters the old record of 10.82 inches of rain set in 1932 for the month of September. The average annual rainfall for September at DFW is 2.55 inches, thus we are well above normal for the month. Through the end of September, DFW should average 26.66 inches of rainfall for the year. We are currently sitting at 33.70 inches, a good 7 inches above normal for the year. We are just 3 inches shy of reaching our annual average rainfall of 36.16 inches.