Rainfall Recap

Posted August 23rd, 2010 by Jill Reale. 14 comments

Rain is beginning to taper off across much of Central NY, with some light rain across Madison and Chenango Counties. The actually low pressure system that brought the steady and heavy rain is now off the Long Island Sound. An upper level low has replaced the low pressure system across Upstate NY. The deep upper low will begin to sink to the south this afternoon, taking the rain along with it. Clouds will be stubborn across the area for today, tonight and into Tuesday. While the rain is diminishing, there is still a Flood Warning in effect until Tuesday Night for Oneida County, primarily for the Mohawk River at Delta Lake. There is also a Flood Advisory in effect until Monday Night for Southwestern Fulton and Southeastern Herkimer County.

The image I posted is from our in house radar computer. This is Rainvision or the rainfall accumulation over the last 24 hours. It seems that northwestern Oneida and Eastern Herkimer/Western Fulton & Montgomery Counties were the bullseye for the heaviest rain.  Yesterday, we officially broke the daily rainfall record for Aug 22. The old record was 1.79" back in 1966. We accumulated 3.04" on Sunday. If it was winter, we would probably use a 10:1 for snowfall, so we could have easily seen 30"+ of snow! No thank you :) Here is a list of rainfall amounts across the area:

Hartwick 4.8"
Point Rock 4.78"
Richfield Springs 4.6"
Verona Beach 4.12"
Ilion 3.76"
Delta Lake 3.7"
Dolgeville 3.67"
Rome 3.19"
Westmo 3.10"
Whitesboro 2.85"
West Exeter 2.64"
Salisbury 2.63"
Fairfield 2.56"

 

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  1. Mel (Westernville):

    3.6” here. Golf Course Rd Bridge below Delta Dam is closed as well.

    Posted August 23rd at 9:23 AM

  2. Nick(West Winfield):

    2.6 inches of rainfall here as a storm total.

    Posted August 23rd at 9:30 AM

  3. fairfield:

    oops, posted to last blog, ended up with 2.69” of rain last night and .17 since midnight

    Posted August 23rd at 9:32 AM

  4. Gordon (Northwestern):

    3.95” here for the whole event. I had .20” of rain Saturday evening, and 3.75” Sunday through this morning. My well has recovered nicely.

    Posted August 23rd at 9:53 AM

  5. Art (Oriskany Falls):

    3.25 inches in the rain gage this morning.

    Cloudy here but at least not raining now.

    Posted August 23rd at 9:54 AM

  6. Bob (Cooperstown):

    Got 3.25 inches total event here in the village. 62.7 temp now. sprinkles now

    Posted August 23rd at 12:36 PM

  7. MG(Point Rock):

    I see that the coop observer from Boonville reported 6.24” for the 24 hrs ending this morning — that’s the highest amount I’ve seen.

    Posted August 23rd at 12:58 PM

  8. Becky (West Leyden):

    MG, WOW...I will say that’s a lot…. I’m up here in Peru, NY..I have no idea how much rain my house got. ..As long as the house didn’t float away I’m OK : )

    Posted August 23rd at 1:04 PM

  9. Jmd (Fonda):

    As a point of reference, we got 2.96 inches as of 9:30 this a.m…..only sprinkles added to it, thankfully.

    Posted August 23rd at 1:10 PM

  10. Michael- (Dolgeville):

    I just uploaded some AMAZING photos/video of the Spruce Creek at the Salisbury Covered Bridge to YouNews. Be sure to check them out!

    Posted August 23rd at 4:52 PM

  11. Paul (Richfield Springs):

    Recorded a 2.98” storm total here at the Canadarago Lake Weather Station

    Posted August 23rd at 5:16 PM

  12. Bill Kardas (WKTV):

    Ongoing minor flooding this morning along the Mohawk River in Utica. With no additional heavy rain in the forecast, the water levels will gradually lower over the next several days.

    Posted August 24th at 10:23 AM

  13. Wondering:

    Do u think hurricane D will hit ny or close to it??????

    Posted August 24th at 11:07 PM

  14. Jan (Boonville):

    Although we don’t have an “official” rain gauge, our gauge showed around 6” of rain as well.

    Posted August 25th at 8:31 AM

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