Those showers last night drew some of the neighborhood kids outside, laughing and squealing as if it were a pinata that had opened up instead of rainclouds. It wasn't much - just 0.16 inch here on the WeatherDeck in Cockeysville. That brought the total for the month here to not quite nine-tenths of an inch. Needless to say we are still very much in need of rain. This drought remains in place and it's expected to persist at least through January.

Reagan National Airport received its first measurable rain yesterday since Sept. 14 - a 34-day stretch without rain. That broke the old record of 33 days, which ended on Sept. 8, 1995.

Dulles Airport yesterday tied the record of 82 degrees for the date, set in 1963. 

Here are some other readings from the region, for yesterday's showers, and for October to date.

BWI: 0.28 inch  OCT:  0.89 inch

Reagan National:  0.37 inch  OCT:  0.37 inch

Dulles International:  0.32 inch  OCT:  0.35 inch

Here's the forecast for BWI, which shows another chance for some precipitation on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. After that, we'll be looking at much cooler daytime highs, only in the low to mid 60s.

For now, with 11 days to go, this October ranks as the 9th driest on record for Baltimore.