record rainfall in Florida
© South Florida Water Management District24-hour rain totals through 7 a.m. Wednesday.
Tuesday's deluge broke rainfall records across South Florida including in West Palm Beach where a more than century-old record was dashed.

At Palm Beach International Airport, 4.18 inches of rain was measured Tuesday, a whopping 1.18 inches higher than the previous record of 3 inches set in 1904.

The cloudy skies also helped break a temperature record. The daytime high only reached 77 degrees at the airport, which breaks the record low maximum temperature of 81 degrees set in 1938.

Fort Lauderdale rainfall topped out at 4.78 inches, breaking a 1926 record of 1.96. In Naples, 3.37 inches fell Tuesday, breaking a 1992 record of 2.40 inches.

The big winner through Wednesday was Boca Raton. One South Florida Water Management District gauge measured a whopping 10.78 inches.

Other areas with high rainfall amounts through Wednesday include:

1 mile south of Boca West, 11.16 inches

1 mile southwest of Delray Beach, 10.85 inches

2 miles south-southeast of Boca West, 10.47 inches

3 miles northeast of Boca Raton, 9.90 inches

Boynton Beach , 7.31 inches

Lake Worth, 7.17 inches

2 miles west-northwest of Delray Beach, 7.13 inches

2 miles east-northeast of Lake Worth, 7.06 inches

3 miles north-northeast of Boynton Beach, 5.98 inches

1 mile south of Juno Beach, 5.59 inches

Royal Palm Beach, 5.57 inches

2 miles northwest of West Palm Beach, 4.76 inches

2 miles west-southwest of Jupiter, 4.74 inches

3 miles east-northeast of Riviera Beach, 4.42 inches

2 miles east of Royal Palm Beach, 4.42 inches

Jupiter, 3.59 inches

Juno Beach, 2.32 inches