Sacramento Sets Storm Record With Its Highest All-Time Rainfall Total Since 1880

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Downtown Sacramento has officially acceptable its all-time 24-hour rainfall full grounds with Sunday’s storm.

As the rainfall continued astatine a dependable gait done Sunday, it became much and much apt that respective all-time records were successful information of falling.

Several locations acceptable their each clip 24hr rainfall full betwixt 1:00 AM PDT 10/24/2021 and 1:00 AM PDT 10/25/2021. Blue canyon disconnected I-80 saw 10.4 inches! #CAwx #CArain #AtmosphericRiver pic.twitter.com/kp9Unv6ImU

— NWS Sacramento (@NWSSacramento) October 25, 2021

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The National Weather Service says, betwixt 1 a.m. Sunday and 1 a.m. Monday, a full of 5.44” fell successful Downtown Sacramento. This bushed the aged grounds of 5.28” – a people that was acceptable backmost successful 1880.

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Further, Sacramento Executive Airport besides bushed its erstwhile all-time grounds of 3.77” acceptable successful 1962 with a full of 5.41” connected Sunday.

Up successful the Sierra, Blue Canyon besides officially smashed its erstwhile 9.33” grounds acceptable successful 1964 with a full of 10.40”.

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A Flood Advisory is successful effect until noon connected Monday, NWS says, arsenic the rainfall continued done the aboriginal greeting hours.

CBS13 Staff