It's official, at approximately 1:55 pm (on November 19th), Phoenix Sky Harbor measured 0.01" of rain! This tip of the rain gauge broke the 53-day long dry streak in Phoenix, as the last measurable rain at the airport was back on September 26th.

This dry streak is nowhere near the record set in 1972, which stands at 160 days. No rain was measured from December 30th, 1971 to June 6th, 1972.

With that said, we are still well below average when it comes to rainfall this year. As of this morning (before the rain), Sky Harbor was sitting at 3.68" of rain for the year, which is 3.18" below the average year-to-date total of 6.86". The good news, the storm system moving through the state right now should help put a dent in this deficit.