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Drenched city: 2018 is now Washington’s wettest year ever recorded.

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December 15, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. EST
Pedestrians cross K Street NW, Washington, D.C. as a rain shower passes through the district during the evening rush hour Oct. 9. (Robert Miller/The Washington Post)

(This article, originally published early Saturday morning, was updated in the late afternoon and evening.)

An unprecedented series of drenching rain storms, culminating in this weekend’s soaking, has catapulted 2018 to the wettest year on record in Washington. This year’s rainfall tally shoves aside the previous top mark which stood for nearly 130 years.