RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 535 PM EDT FRI OCT 01 2010 ...DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD SET AT ALBANY NY... AS OF 530 PM...3.04 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN AT THE ALBANY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR OCTOBER 1ST. THIS SHATTERS THE OLD DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD OF 1.02 INCHES SET BACK IN 2006. THIS IS 2ND WETTEST OCTOBER DAY IN ALBANY WEATHER HISTORY. THE WETTEST DAY WAS OCTOBER 9 1903 WHEN 3.09 INCHES FELL. THE 3.04 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL TODAY IS CLOSE TO NORMAL FOR OCTOBER RAINFALL. NORMAL RAINFALL FOR OCTOBER IN ALBANY IS 3.23 INCHES.