
Statewide ranks of January-through-November precipitation in 2018. States shaded in dark green had the wettest first 11 months of any year in records dating to 1895.
On Dec. 15, Reagan National Airport's year-to-date precipitation total eclipsed the previous record-wet year in the nation's capital, which had stood for 129 years, since Benjamin Harrison took office as president.
After topping the record, they would tack on almost 5 inches of additional rain in the latter half of December.
Washington D.C. set a record-wet November, fifth-wettest September, fourth-wettest July and sixth-wettest May, according to National Weather Service records dating to 1871. Only January, March and October were drier than average in 2018 in the nation's capital.














Comment: See also: Record rainfall was the story of 2018 weather in West Virginia