San Diego gets record setting rainfall

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SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Friday’s rainfall in the San Diego area set some records.

The downpours across the county resulted in the following milestone May 15 precipitation tallies, according to the National Weather Service:

— 1.56 inches in Campo, exceeding the prior record of 0.31, set in 1962;

— 1.43 on Palomar Mountain (0.17, 1953);

— 0.74 in Alpine (0.59, 1962);

— 0.68 in Chula Vista (0.08, 1938);

— 0.68 in Vista (0.29, 1962);

— 0.47 in Escondido (0.16, 1995); and

— 0.38 at Oceanside Harbor (0.36, 1989).

Additionally, Borrego experienced a record low maximum temperature of 61 degrees, the NWS reported.

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