We did it!

With one more soaking-wet storm front dumping its stuff special-delivery over Wednesday night, California woke up on Thursday to a new all-time record for rainfall, as measured in the all-important “Northern Sierra eight-station index,” a catchment area that pretty much defines the Golden State’s water-level health.

“We didn’t just beat the record,” said meteorologist Craig Shoemaker with the National Weather Service in Sacramento. “We shattered it.”

Weighing in at 89.7 inches, the new record beat the old one of 88.5 set in 1982-83 by a long and very wet shot. At a whopping 207 percent of average for this time of year, the latest tally of the so-called “Northern Sierra eight-station index” showed in a nice blue line at the top of the rainfall-history chart maintained by the state’s Department of Water Resources at this site.

Shoemaker said “we had a pretty heavy rainfall over the Sierra last night with one to three inches. And it was widespread, which is key when you hit all eight of those stations.”

RECORD BROKEN! Northern Sierra 8-station index now has wettest water year on record at 89.7" surpassing old record of 1982-1983! #cawx pic.twitter.com/USkE6j7ZkP — NWS Sacramento (@NWSSacramento) April 13, 2017

He said much of that hard rain was recorded above an elevation of 3,000 feet and the most impacted area stretched from Mt. Shasta in the north all the way down south of Highway 50 into El Dorado County.

“And we’re expecting more rain in the coming days,” said Shoemaker, “with a storm on Easter Sunday and another one in the middle of next week.”

Here's a month-by-month look at how the Northern Sierra 8-station index got to record levels of precipitation! More on the way! #cawx pic.twitter.com/PQmVyDP5fz — NWS Sacramento (@NWSSacramento) April 13, 2017