2018 the swampiest year for DC since 1889

Published December 17, 2018 6:54pm ET



President Trump may have promised to “drain the swamp” in the nation’s capital, but this year it has officially been declared the dampest ever.

2018 became the wettest year ever in Washington, D.C., – which according to a now-disputed urban legend was built on a swamp – on Saturday with 61.54 inches of rainfall as of 6:26 a.m. Saturday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

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