05-07-2017, 07:58 AM
Quote:Syracuse today busted a 100-year-old rainfall record.
Before today, the rainiest May 5 on record was in 1917, when 0.69 inches fell. As of 3 p.m., 1.13 inches has fallen today.
Buffalo, too, set a rainfall record that was even older than Syracuse's. Buffalo recorded 1.14 inches as of 3 p.m., beating the May 5 record of 0.98 inches, set in 1914.
Buffalo also had its wettest April on record last month, with more than 6 inches of precipitation. In the first five days of this month, Buffalo has had nearly 3 inches of rain, nearly equal to a typical entire month of May.
http://www.newyorkupstate.com/weather/20...d_too.html