Four Month's Worth of Rain in Four Days Soaks Wilmington
Wilmington, N.C., has been inundated with four month's worth of rain in the past four days. Unfortunately, rain continues to pour down this morning.
As of early Thursday morning, Wilmington has been inundated with over 20.60 inches of rain since Sunday. The 10.33 inches of rain that fell alone on Monday made that day the city's second wettest on record.
The rain total of 20.60 inches is roughly the equivalent to the amount of rain that Wilmington typically receives during the four months of August to November combined. The city averages just 6.93 inches of rain each September.
The rainfall since Sunday has brought this month's rain total to nearly 21 inches. That makes this September the second wettest September on record, falling behind September 1999 and its 23.41 inches.
With the ground already wet from heavy rain earlier this week, moisture from Tropical Rainstorm Nicole easily triggered flooding across the city Wednesday night. Numerous roads became inundated with water and impassable to motorists.
The recent onslaught of heavy rain is a stark contrast to the moderate drought that the United States Drought Monitor reported Wilmington was enduring last Thursday.
Prior to Sunday, Wilmington had only received 0.18 of an inch of rain this September. The city's rainfall total was just 2.88 inches from Aug. 1 to Sunday.
Unfortunately, the Wilmington Radar proves that rain has yet to stop drenching the city.
More rain will continue to inundate Wilmington today as the center of Tropical Rainstorm Nicole pushes farther northward. Rainfall totals after daybreak will average 1 to 3 inches.
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