On Wednesday, Columbus and Toledo, Ohio, joined the growing list of U.S. cities whose wettest year on record is now 2011.

Columbus and Toledo started Wednesday on a wet note with 0.55 and 0.36 of an inch of rain, respectively, falling.

That amount of rain is typically not noteworthy, but in Wednesday’s case it made 2011 each city’s wettest year on record.

The yearly rainfall total for Columbus now stands at 53.55 inches, surpassing the previous wettest year of 1990 and its 53.16 inches.

A total of 48.15 inches has fallen so far this year in Toledo. Prior to Wednesday, 1950 and its 47.84 inches had long held the yearly rainfall record.

Similar records have already been established in numerous other communities throughout the Midwest and Northeast.

According to AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Bill Deger, the growing list includes Binghamton, N.Y. (67.02 inches); Cleveland, Ohio (64.25 inches); Philadelphia, Pa. (62.37 inches); Wilkes Barre-Scranton, Pa. (59.14 inches); and Albany, N.Y. (52.48 inches).

Newark is another city on that list with 67.80 inches, but nearby New York City will likely not be added before December comes to a close.

Even though 70.97 inches has fallen so far this year and more rain is expected tonight, New York City will have a difficult time surpassing 1983 and its 80.56 inches.

It should be noted that yearly rainfall totals include melted snow.