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Article: You don't recall an Oct. 8 so wet.(Capital Region)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- October 9, 2005
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Byline: MIKE GOODWIN Staff Writer
COLONIE - Seeking shelter from heavy rain and gray skies, Capital Region residents might not have realized something record-breaking was going on outside.
The remnants of Tropical Storm Tammy and a cold front conspired to soak the Capital Region with its most-ever rainfall Saturday for the date.
The 2.39 inches that fell between midnight and 10:30 p.m. eclipsed the previous record of 1.67 inches set on Oct. 8, 1903.
But rain total in the Capital Region was a drop in the bucket compared with what happened in the Catskill Mountains. Meteorologists said as much as 8 inches fell there on Friday and Saturday, swelling creeks and ...