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NYC Breaks Record: 2 Months of Rain in One Day

By Jesse Ferrell, AccuWeather meteorologist

Published Aug 15, 2011 10:40 AM EDT | Updated Aug 15, 2011 11:48 AM EDT

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The rainfall across New Jersey and New York City over the weekend was just incredible. You can get a list of all amounts reported via the HPC, and we have a story detailing the records broken.

Suffice to say, it was heavy. Above is a 48-hour total map via NOAA, but most of this fell in one day. Nearly 11 inches of rain was recorded at Lido Beach, and JFK's (seemingly lame) 7.80" surpassed their all-time daily rainfall record - it had never rained as much there as it did on Sunday, through all of recorded history. (You can download a huge rainfall estimate from the NYC radar here). The photo below was taken by an AccuWeather.com Facebook reader in NYC.

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Below is a 7-day total rainfall map from NOAA (again, most of this fell in one day). Over 10 inches also fell in southern New Jersey.

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