Rainfall sets record for Phoenix as baseball games canceled
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February 23, 2020
PHOENIX (AP) — Rainfall in Phoenix on Saturday set a record for the date as soggy conditions prompted cancellation of some spring training baseball games.
The National Weather Service reported 0.9 inch (2.3 centimeters) of rain by late morning Saturday, easily breaking the previous record of 0.45 inch (1.14 centimeters) set in 1913.
MLB teams canceled five games, including one featuring the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies. Two other games'start times were reset for later Saturday and one game was rescheduled for March.
The weather service said up to 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) of rain w...
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