Seattle Ties May-June Dry Streak Record

Seattle, Washington just barely missed breaking its record for consecutive rainless days in May and June when a minimal 0.01" of rain fell in the last 6 minutes of the recording day yesterday. The National Weather Service report:

ITS OVER. A SHOWER THAT STARTED AT SEATTLE-TACOMA AIRPORT AT 1249 AM   
BROUGHT 0.01 INCHES OF RAIN BEFORE 1 AM ENDING THE DRY STREAK AT THE   
AIRPORT AT 29 DAYS. THE MEASURABLE RAIN WAS RECORDED BETWEEN 1254 AM   
AND 1 AM...THE LAST SIX MINUTES OF THE DAY. THE DAILY MIDNIGHT TO   
MIDNIGHT DATA IS ACTUALLY FROM 1 AM TO 1 AM WHEN WE ARE ON DAYLIGHT   
SAVINGS TIME. THE LAST TIME SEA-TAC GOT MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION WAS   
BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM BACK ON MAY 19TH.  
   
THE FOLLOWING IS THE LIST OF THE TOP 5 DRY SPELLS /CONSECUTIVE DAYS   
WITH NO MEASURABLE RAINFALL/ FOR MAY AND JUNE AT SEATTLE-TACOMA   
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  
  
29 DAYS   MAY 20TH - JUNE 17TH 2009      
29 DAYS   MAY 28TH - JUNE 25TH 1982  
27 DAYS   MAY 6TH  - JUNE 1ST  1963  
26 DAYS   JUN 5TH  - JUNE 30TH 1977          
24 DAYS   APR 30TH - MAY 23RD  1946  
  
THE ALL TIME RECORD NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE DRY DAYS AT SEATTLE-TACOMA   
AIRPORT IS 51 DAYS SET BACK IN 1951. THERE WAS NO MEASURABLE   
RAINFALL DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 7TH THROUGH AUGUST 26TH OF THAT   
YEAR.