Dayton breaks 94-year-old rainfall record on Tuesday

MIAMI VALLEY — Dayton broke a daily rainfall record on Tuesday.

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The last time our region saw a least an inch of rain was on August 9, 2023.

As of 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Dayton recorded 1.63 inches of rain for Tuesday.

That surpassed the previous record of 1.09 inches set in 1930, according to the National Weather Service.

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According to our Storm Center 7 team of Meteorologists and data released by the National Weather Service, these are the latest rain totals in part of the region on Tuesday.

Miami County:

• Troy- 1.24 inches
• Piqua- 0.89 inches

Miami County-Montgomery County line- 2.02 inches

Montgomery County:

• Dayton- 1.46 inches
• Miamisburg- 1.87 inches
• West Carrollton at Great Miami River- 1.64 inches
• Dayton International Airport- 1.64 inches

Clark County:

• Springfield- 1.36 inches
• Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport- 1.51 inches

Greene County:

• Xenia- 1.33 inches
• Fairborn- 1.66 inches

Shelby County:

• Sidney at Great Miami River- 1.12 inches

Darke County:

• Greenville- 0.72 inches

Auglaize County:

• Wapakoneta- 1.05 inches

Butler County:

• Hamilton- 1.78 inches

Wayne County:

• Richmond- 1.09 inches

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Additionally, both Cincinnati and Columbus set a daily rainfall record on Tuesday.

A record rainfall of 1.44 inches fell in Columbus breaking the old record of 0.86 inches set in 1898.

In Cincinnati, 1.63 inches of rain fell breaking the old record of 1.57 inches set in 1898.

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