Imagine not seeing rain for five months straight, then picking up double your average rainfall for a month in a single day. That just happened in St. George, Utah.
The southwestern Utah city recorded no measurable rainfall (at least 0.01 inches) from June 18 through Nov. 19, a streak of 155 consecutive dry days. This set a new record-long dry streak, smashing the previous record of 121 days, according to the National Weather Service.
But everything changed Wednesday when St. George suffered a case of weather whiplash.
The city received 1.29 inches of rain Wednesday morning, a 24-hour precipitation record for any day of November. Weather records in St. George date back to 1893.
July 25, 2017, was the last time St. George had picked up that much rainfall in a single day, the NWS in Salt Lake City said.
The city averages 0.74 inches of rain in November, so the city nearly doubled that in less than a day's time, as all the rain fell during the morning.
But the rain was much needed. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday, 64.5% of Utah was in drought because of the recent record-long dry spell.
Needless to say, locals were happy to see the rain earlier this week and were even treated with the incredible sight of a rainbow over St. George.
Unfortunately, little rain is forecast over the next several days in southwestern Utah. After Thursday's chance of showers, the next chance of rain isn't until the middle of next week.
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