Crockett sets rainfall record: "Crockett set a record today for annual rainfall, according to the town's official weather watcher, Karen 'Dejah' Dorantes.
'Ta-dah, we broke it,' Dorantes said.
The old mark of 30.51 inches, set back in 1957, fell at exactly 2:22 p.m., Dorantes said. It happened during an intense hour of rain that lasted until almost 3 p.m.
'We had a huge downpour right around 2 o'clock this afternoon,' Dorantes said. 'The skies just opened up.'
At 6:20 p.m. today, the total stood at 31.18 inches for the July 1 to June 30 period.
'We had not budged an inch since the beginning of May,' said Dorantes, who monitors Crockett's weather for KTVU Fox 2. There was measurable rainfall Friday, Saturday and today, she said.
Crockett's weather record applies only to 'recorded' history. There is a hiatus from 1977, when the National Weather Service decommissioned Crockett as a weather-monitoring post, until last year, when Dorantes became the TV weather watcher."
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