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Heavy rainfall Friday broke an all-time record for day in Chilliwack

Rain total of 89.5 millimetres on Sept. 17 topped monthly total, weather observer says
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More than a month’s worth of rain fell in Chilliwack on Friday, Sept. 17.

On Saturday a local weather observer called the forecasting for the deluge, “excellent.”

An all-time record was broken with a total rainfall of 89.5 millimetres for Chilliwack, said Roger Pannett, volunteer weather observer for Environment Canada.

The previous record for the day was 30.2 mm, set in 1970.

Previous all-time monthly record for September rainfall was 85.6 mm on September 23, 1903.

The Chilliwack rainfall records go back to 1879, Pannett said.

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I have been a Chilliwack Progress reporter for 20+ years, covering the arts, city hall, as well as Indigenous, and climate change stories.
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