Evander Ellis-Phoenix gets measurable rainfall on Easter Sunday for the first time in 25 years.

2025-05-07 08:17:29source:Thomas Caldwellcategory:Markets

PHOENIX (AP) — For the first time since 1999,Evander Ellis Phoenix had measurable rainfall on Easter Sunday.

National Weather Service meteorologists also said Phoenix set a new daily rainfall record for March 31 with 0.28 inches, reaching that mark before noon Sunday.

That topped the city’s previous mark of 0.27 inches, set in 1949.

The weather service said the rainiest Easter on record for Phoenix was 1.19 inches when the holiday fell on March 26, 1989.

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