Record broken: Dayton airport sets rainfall mark on first day of fall

Drivers on SR 35 near James H. McGee Blvd. dodged standing water Tuesday August 31 after remnants hurricane Ida dumped copious amounts of rain in Dayton. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

Credit: Jim Noelker

Credit: Jim Noelker

Drivers on SR 35 near James H. McGee Blvd. dodged standing water Tuesday August 31 after remnants hurricane Ida dumped copious amounts of rain in Dayton. JIM NOELKER/STAFF
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Updated Sept 23, 2021
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Dayton International Airport set a rain record Wednesday after a cold front brought widespread rainfall throughout the region for the first day of the fall season.

A record rainfall of 1.71 inches fell on Wednesday; this breaks the old record for Sept. 22 of 1.19 inches, set in 1912, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington.

The autumnal equinox at 3:20 p.m. Wednesday marked the beginning of fall and is the moment when the sun is exactly above the equator, and day and night are of equal length.

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