The storms that swept through the area on Monday, April 13, 2020 brought a National Weather Service-confirmed EF-1 Tornado to Frizzellburg (between Westminster and Taneytown in north-central Maryland), and very strong winds and subsequent damage (gusts to greater than 70 MPH!) to many parts of the DC/Baltimore Metro Area, and also record daily rainfall. Both Washington and Dulles basically doubled their previous record amounts (Washington’s official historical record dating back 150 years!). Here are the area’s three major airport record precipitation reports for the day:

Baltimore (Baltimore-Washington International Airport):  

Total rainfall for 4/13/2020 was 1.97″, beating the previous record of 1.46″ in 1972.

Heaviest Hourly Amount was 0.52″ from 0654-0754 Hrs. 

First daily precipitation record since 2.24″ fell on December 15, 2018.

Data Period of Record: 1871-Present.

Washington (National Airport):

Total rainfall for 4/13/2020 was 2.33″, beating the previous record of 1.16″ in 1961.

Heaviest Hourly Amount was 0.77″ from 0352-0452 Hrs. 

Washington National Airport’s first daily precipitation record since 2.55″ on December 15, 2018

Data Period of Record: 1871-Present.

Dulles (Washington-Dulles International Airport):

Total rainfall for 4/13/2020 was 1.79″, beating the previous record of 0.93″ in 1972.

Heaviest Hourly Amount was 0.51″ from 0352-0452 Hrs. 

First daily precipitation record since 1.35″ on October 31, 2019.  

Data Period of Record: 1960-Present.

Cover photo courtesy of WTOP