Atlanta had record rainfall Monday, with The National Weather Service in Peacthree City recording 4.16 inches of rain in the city.
That shattered a record that was set in 1883. Then, Atlanta got only 2.4 inches of precipitation.
Kyle Thiem, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, called the rain event abnormal.
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