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.

We had nine days of trace rainfall during the streak, but none were measurable. Today was the last day we were expecting rainfall for the foreseeable future, so consider that 0.1"

After a long dry spell accompanied by freezing temperatures in the Bay Area, rain is finally reentering the forecast, with an atmospheric river poised to soak the region in the coming days. The precipitation comes after forecasters initially expected the final weeks of the month to be completely dry,

Following a mostly dry January in the Bay Area, a wet weather pattern returns to the region beginning on the final day of the month.

Rain is returning this week to the Bay Area – and forecasters are expecting a “potentially major storm system."