*** Paul Piorek is editor and publisher of Paul's Local Weather Journal for southwestern Connecticut ... Paul is the on-air meteorologist at WICC 600 AM and 107.3 FM ... Paul is a New York Emmy award winner (2007), five-time Emmy nominee, and four-time winner of the Connecticut Associated Press Broadcasters' Association award for Best TV Weathercast (2006, 2008, 2009, 2012) ... Paul was voted Best Local Television Personality by the readers of Fairfield County Weekly Magazine (2012) ... Paul was inducted into the Housatonic Community College Hall of Fame and received the Distinguished Alumni Award (2012) ... The local weather journal is a two-time winner of the Communicator Award of Distinction (2012 & 2013) ... Paul is currently a full-time teacher of Earth Science and Mathematics in Fairfield ... Follow Paul on Twitter @PaulPiorekWICC ...

Monday, December 31, 2018

2018 Featured Most Days With Measured Precipitation on Record at Bridgeport

It came down to the final day of the year, but the rain which began late this afternoon marked the 150th day with measured precipitation at Bridgeport this year.

That ties the record which was originally set in 1950 for the most days with at least 0.01" of precipitation. In fact, 41% of the 365 days this calendar year had measured precipitation.


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