PHOENIX — It only took about four hours on Saturday for Phoenix to receive a record amount of rain for Oct. 11, according to the National Weather Service.

The previous daily record of 0.31 inches, which was set in 1928, was unofficially surpassed at 4:05 a.m., per NWS readings from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

As of 7:15 a.m., Phoenix had doubled that total (0.62).

Some areas in Tempe saw more than a full inch land during the period of 1 a.m. to 7 a.m., Broadway Road and the Loop 101 having absorbed 1.1 inches and nearby University Drive and Alma School Road 1.06.

Virtually every corner of Scottsdale received at least 0.5 inches of rain and much of the East Valley was hit with at least 0.75 inches, Mesa Gateway Airport receiving 0.63 and Mesa Drive and the US 60 got 0.75 i

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