Rain returns with a vengeance

By Reporter Staff • September 8, 2009 5:47 pm
A woman uses a bouquet of flowers to shield her face from the rain during the Mercer Island Farmers Market on Sunday
A woman uses a bouquet of flowers to shield her face from the rain during the Mercer Island Farmers Market on Sunday

Islanders woke up on Sunday morning to the sound of rain and thunder. The weather stations at Islander Middle School and St. Monica School both reported that nearly three-quarters of an inchof rain fell on the Island in the 12-hour period between 5 a.m. and 5 p.m.

According to the Seattle weather service, Sept. 6 saw record rainfall for the area. As of 9:15 p.m., 0.92 inches of rain had fallen at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The previous record for Sept. 6 was 0.38 inches, set in 1980.

Temperatures were also especially low. The high for the day was 63 degrees, 10 degrees below the Seattle-area norm.