The streak ended just one day shy of tying the current record of 160 days without measurable rain in Phoenix, a record set in 1972. And it's still dry. With the .01 of an inch recorded Wednesday, Phoenix is still 2.68 inches below average since Oct. 1, the start of the water year.

A dry streak five months in the making is finally over — though you might have missed the end. Phoenix's 159-day run without measurable rain skidded to a soggy halt Wednesday morning when the official gauge at Sky Harbor International Airport recorded just enough rain to measure.