DALLAS — The Dallas-Fort Worth area officially ended a 67-day streak without rainfall Wednesday afternoon — the second-longest such stretch on record.
Just after 5 p.m., 0.11 inches of rain had fallen at DFW International Airport, according to the National Weather Service in Fort Worth. Before Wednesday, the airport hadn’t seen measurable precipitation since June 3.
The region’s longest dry spell occurred in 2000, when Dallas-Fort Worth went 84 days without rain.