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Halloween Storm Hits Coastal York County with Rain and High Winds
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| November 3, 2021
| Filed under: Observations
Time for a periodical check-in with you local weather hindcaster (forecasting is WAY too risky for me). We got hit with a pretty decent Nor'Easter this past week. Not as bad as NJ/NY/MA but let's just be thankful that it wasn't snow!
We ended up with 4.5" of rain in about 24 hours, with 3.5" of that falling overnight. The strongest wind gust on the Laudholm campus was 34 mph, while the weather station down at Wells Harbor logged a 38 mph gust.
Regional Rainfall
It was a significant precipitation event across York County, so some of the staff chimed in with their reports from home after I posted the SWMP data. Jason in South Berwick wrote "Fun Times and helps to explain the water in my basement which I hardly ever get. I measured 4.5 inches of rain in that 24 hour period." Chris in Kennebunk reported "We got 6.5 inches in our rain gauge. Fernald brook in our back yard was way out of its banks, more that we had seen in 25 years. Our well is full!" Scott in Berwick tweeted "New 24-hour rainfall record for the @CoCoRaHS station? 4.37" reported to @NWSGray."
The National Weather Service office in Gray put together a rainfall map for its region of coverage, which displays a local bullseye on coastal York County.
