Philadelphia sets its all-time single day rainfall record

[malaise]

An incredible deluge of 8.02" of rain hit Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Sunday, breaking the all-time one-day rainfall record for the city. The previous record of 6.63" was set on September 16, 1999 during Tropical Storm Floyd. With a further round of rain after midnight in Philadelphia (bringing the 24-hour record storm total to 8.27”), July has brought 13.25” of precipitation to the City of Brotherly Love. This surpasses the previous July monthly record (since 1872) of 10.42”set in 1994. The wettest month on record for Philadelphia remains 19.31” in August 2011. Yesterday's deluge is an astonishing rainfall total for a location with such a long period of record, considering that it occurred without the benefit of a tropical storm being present. Remarkably, 6.46" of the rain fell in just 3 1/2 hours.
Jeff Masters
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[onehandle]

1. Killed our Sunday plans in the city.

Stayed home in the 'burbs, where they predicted a lot of rain too, that did not materialize.

Friends in Center City tweeted and posted comments about the deluge.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Yup

The deluge was localized but boy did it cause some damage - notably at the airport. They are just starting to recover from the power outages down there. Thankfully it happened over the weekend vs today.

And I remember Floyd and driving home from work through that deluge. It took 3 hours to do what is normally about a 40 minute drive.

[hobbit709]

3. I've seen damn near that much come down in one hour here.