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After weekends of endless rain, it’s safe to say that New Yorkers have had enough of Mother Nature’s jokes. But unfortunately, the rain doesn’t plan to let up anytime soon with Friday and Saturday’s forecast showing precipitation.

In fact, last month actually smashed NYC rain records, proving to be the wettest September in more than a century! Out of September’s 30 days, it rained for 14 of them. According to Spectrum News, NYC saw three times the amount of typical rain for the month with a total rainfall of 14 inches. That’s just shy of NYC’s wettest September on record with 16.85 inches in 1882.

If you haven’t guessed already, majority of September’s rain can be credited to the flash flood that occurred on Friday, September 29th. The severe storm was responsible for more than 30% of the month’s rainfall.

Areas like JFK experienced record shattering totals with rainfall surpassing 8 inches—the highest on record. Moreover, Central Park saw the sixth wettest day in 141 years and the Brooklyn Navy Yard had more than 7 inches fall.

The month actually began as a scorcher with three consecutive days reaching in the 90s. Yet, by the end of the month, temperatures plummeted into the 50s.

So what weather can we expect for the rest of the year? Well according to meteorologists, we’ll experience higher temperatures than normal this fall. Yet, come winter NYC we’ll see a ‘frosty, flakey, slushy’ season.

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The process of boarding a place is about to be less of a headache–at least if you’re flying United Airlines–as the airline recently announced in a memo they’ll be rolling out a more efficient boarding process later this month, and those stuck flying in the dreaded middle seat are going to want to listen up.

The new boarding process, referred to as WILMA–which refers to “window, middle, aisle”–calls for those flying in window seats to board the plane first, followed by middle seat flyers and then those in the aisle seat.

According to the airline, this new process will save up to two minutes of boarding time–and we all know every minute is precious when it comes to flying.

Group three will now include flyers in window seats, exit row seats, and non-revenue travelers. Group four, which as of now includes those flying in the middle and aisle seats, will be limited to only middle seats. Group five will include only aisle seats.

In addition, they also created a group six for those flying in restricted basic economy that don’t have a carry-on option.

Pre-boarding, as well as boarding for groups one and two, will remain the same.

For families and other flyers who share a reservation, all members of the group will be able to board in the earliest category based on their tickets. In other words, if a family is taking up an entire row, all travelers in that reservation can board in group three.

The new boarding policy will go into effect this month on Thursday, October 26th.

United Airlines isn’t the only airline rolling out new policies–JetBlue recently implemented a Family Seating Guarantee earlier this month.

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* This article was originally published here