If Saturday felt especially rainy in Utah’s capital, it was.

Salt Lake City officially collected 2.47 inches of precipitation on Saturday, marking its second-rainiest day since the National Weather Service began collecting city weather data in 1874. It accounted for most of the 2.61 inches of rain that the city collected over the weekend, which was also more than an inch of rain above what the city had collected in June, July, August and September combined (1.52 inches), per weather service data.

“It just speaks to how wet Saturday was,” said KSL meteorologist Matt Johnson.

The storm was good for the drought-stricken state; it also produced 3.74 inches in Stansbury Park and 2.76 inches in Tooele, helping boost an area that remains in a mix of moderate, severe and extreme drought. In fac

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