New York breaks city’s rainfall record with nearly eight inches of rain
August 15, 2011
NEW YORK – New York broke an all-time record for a
one-day rainfall Sunday as up to 8 inches of water soaked the city, snarling
trains and flooding roadways. By 9 p.m., 7.7 inches of rain had fallen at
Kennedy Airport. It was the most recorded there in a single day since the
National Weather Service began keeping records 116 years ago.
The heavy tropical rain is expected to continue Monday, and a flash flood
warning is in effect until 9 p.m. The normal rainfall for all of August in
New York is 4 inches – which means the city was socked with two months
worth of rain in a single day. “This is what you would expect in a major
hurricane,” said Steve Wistar, senior meteorologist at AccuWeather.
Kennedy Airport’s old one-day rainfall record, 6.3 inches, set on June 30,
1984, fell by noon. Central Park, where the city’s official rainfall total is
recorded, saw 5.8 inches by 10:45 p.m., making it the fifth-wettest day
of all time there. –NY Daily
August 15, 2011
NEW YORK – New York broke an all-time record for a
one-day rainfall Sunday as up to 8 inches of water soaked the city, snarling
trains and flooding roadways. By 9 p.m., 7.7 inches of rain had fallen at
Kennedy Airport. It was the most recorded there in a single day since the
National Weather Service began keeping records 116 years ago.
The heavy tropical rain is expected to continue Monday, and a flash flood
warning is in effect until 9 p.m. The normal rainfall for all of August in
New York is 4 inches – which means the city was socked with two months
worth of rain in a single day. “This is what you would expect in a major
hurricane,” said Steve Wistar, senior meteorologist at AccuWeather.
Kennedy Airport’s old one-day rainfall record, 6.3 inches, set on June 30,
1984, fell by noon. Central Park, where the city’s official rainfall total is
recorded, saw 5.8 inches by 10:45 p.m., making it the fifth-wettest day
of all time there. –NY Daily
