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Yeah only .38” but the lightning was all I needed to see.

You did say NE MD was the place to be yesterday.

We ride

Very well documented for decades...

I believe you. Marietta had 5.8” iirc and you were sitting under it longer.

Guess you won’t have to worry about watering for a few days. Been a summer to Remember with all these near misses,then out of nowhere these heavy storms that just dump half foot of rain. I still wonder how much of your 7.52 ended up being runoff?

Todays storms might have better potential. The sun is out already and the atmosphere is going to heat up again and support the convection already on radar in western PA SPC has central , southern and western NJ is marginal risk area just west of the immediate coast. UPDATE -SLIGHT RISK NOW AND EXPANDED - MAP JUST UPDATED !

Coming in after dark tonight they probably will

Yeah yesterday seemed to skip over us

Learn something new everyday. I've been noticing the Hawks have been getting louder. Happens every late summer. Always thought they were prepping for migration. Apparently not.

Interestingly, there is pre-1894 data available. From 1873 forward there is daily temperature. I am somewhat awed by the level of scientific competency shown in these (and other) old records. Observer is hard to read, but not Jesse Green. Almost certainly there are usable archives at West Chester that would provide more information, including photos. Tracking this stuff down and building a story line would be a perfect cross-disciplinary project for a college intern. Would you mind if I had Claude run your method above on Chester County and nearby stations? The output would be a complete human-readable timeline for how reference stations are used to arrive at adjusted records for these stations--something the OP has requested numerous times. As I understand it the actual NCEI process involves matrix math, too complex for easy communication if you ask me; a manual method using your approach will be easy for anyone to understand.

Let’s collapse again

Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Sat Aug 8 2026 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America: Eastern and Central Tropical Atlantic: A tropical wave is expected to move off the west coast of Africa on Tuesday. Some development of this system will be possible during the middle to latter part of next week while it moves westward across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent. $$ Forecaster Berg 0Z UKMET NEW TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST TO DEVELOP AFTER 132 HOURSFORECAST POSITION AT T+132 : 12.6N 33.9WLEAD CENTRAL MAXIMUM WINDVERIFYING TIME TIME POSITION PRESSURE (MB) SPEED (KNOTS)-------------- ---- -------- ------------- -------------1200UTC 13.08.2026 132 12.6N 33.9W 1011 340000UTC 14.08.2026 144 13.0N 38.3W 1011 281200UTC 14.08.2026 156 14.1N 42.3W 1011 320000UTC 15.08.2026 168 15.4N 47.2W 1012 36

It completely collapsed as it hit the river . They all have this summer

Wild storm here with constant CTG lightning last night-moved in really fast

Due to an inverted trough, heavy showers are occurring in the area moving from off the ocean including here. Rain started just after 8AM.

Shocked, looked like decent lighting in Ellington

Dep through the first week 8/7 PHL: +4.1 (3.01) EWR: +2.2 (4.01) JFK: +1.9 (3.68) ISP: +1.9 (2.55) LGA: +1.7 (2.75) NYC: +1.3 (3.14)

Records: Highs: EWR: 101 (2001) NYC: 99 (2001) LGA: 98 (2001) JFK: 99 (2001) Lows: EWR: 56 (1989) NYC: 54 (1903) LGA: 59 (1989) JFK: 58 (1989) Historical: 1874: Swarms of Rocky Mountain locust invaded Denver, Colorado. Millions were seen cruising through the air. The insects were picked up by a thunderstorm gust front and carried into the city. The grasshoppers ravaged crops in surrounding counties for the last month. 1878 - The temperature at Denver, CO, soars to an all-time record high of 105 degrees. (The Weather Channel) 1881 - A cloudburst and flash flood occurred at Central Springs, CO, and Idaho Springs, CO. (David Ludlum) 1882 - An August snowstorm was reported by a ship on Lake Michigan. A thick cloud reportedly burst on the decks covering them with snow and slush six inches deep. Snow showers were observed at shore points that day. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel) 1924: Hancock, Minnesota: A lightning bolt during a dry thunderstorm kills 47 cattle at a local farm. The livestock had crowded together under the branches of a large spreading willow tree when the bolt struck the tree. Bodily contact seems to have provided the means of conveying the charge among the animals. (Ref. WxDoctor) 1928: A hurricane moved in from the Bahamas and made landfall near Stuart, FL. Damage was heaviest from south Brevard to St. Lucie Counties. Houses were unroofed and citrus trees and large oaks uprooted. Coastal highways were flooded and many bridges were undermined. Two people died. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1939: A tornado outbreak across central and southern Lower Michigan resulted in two deaths and about 100 injuries. A violent tornado moved across the southeast part of Kalamazoo, MI destroying dozens of homes and killing two people. More homes were destroyed and six people were injured in northern Kent County, northeast of Cedar Springs. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1967: Las Vegas, NV was hit by two storms which bore in from the south and covered a 50-square-mile area. Damage was estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Showboat Hotel on Boulder Highway was forced to close its casino, restaurant, and showroom when muddy floodwaters invaded through the kitchen doors, passed clearly through the large building and out the front doors. At Caesars Palace on the Strip, a casino boss said the water was deep enough in the front of the hotel to "swim in". Over 10 inches of rain fell during a two week period to cause the Great Fairbanks Flood in Alaska. $100 million dollars in damage resulted. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History) 1969: Severe thunderstorms moved north central South Dakota to the southeast sections of the state. Golf ball size hail was reported just west of Mobridge while Wessington Springs had tennis ball sized hail. Two people were injured in Sioux Falls when strong thunderstorm winds blew in a plate glass window at a drug store. Near Mitchell a barn was devastated so badly by a tornado it appeared as if it had exploded. Portions of the building could not be found and the same tornado carried a steel granary a half mile. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1972: An unusual mid-summer tornado struck near the town of Byers, Texas, in Clay County. Damage was limited to barns and storage sheds on several farms east of Byers. The tornado exhibited an unusual movement, from southeast to northwest. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1980: Dangerous Hurricane Allen briefly weakened to a Category 4 storm as it skirted the Yucatan Peninsula. Already a Category 5 twice during its life cycle, Allen would briefly regain Category 5 intensity for a record third time on the 9th as it headed for the Texas coast. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1983 - The temperature at Big Horn Basin, WY, reached 115 degrees to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - Thunderstorm rains in eastern Nebraska sent the Wahoo River and Ithica River above flood stage. Thunderstorm rains in western Iowa sent the Nishnabotna River over flood stage. Up to seven inches of rain deluged the Council Bluffs area Friday evening and Saturday morning. Thunderstorms produced 4.4 inches of rain in three hours Friday evening, along with golf ball size hail. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - Thunderstorms developing along a slow moving cold front produced severe weather from central Kansas to southern Wisconsin late in the day. Thunderstorms in Iowa produced hail three inches in diameter at Vinton, and produced wind gusts to 75 mph at Donohue and near Mount Pleasant. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - A total of ninety-nine cities in the central and eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Alpena MI with a reading of 40 degrees. Mount Mitchell NC was the cold spot in the nation with a morning low of 35 degrees. Early evening thunderstorms around Las Vegas NV produced wind gusts to 116 mph. The high winds damaged or destroyed about eighty- two aircraft at Henderson Sky Harbor Airport and McCarran International Airport, causing fourteen million dollars damage. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

75 / DP: 74 some clouds. Hot/humid with storms South Florida pattern continues day 3 of the heatwave for many some scattered storms later now nearly as widespread as Friday. Overall theme continues to Tuesday which for some will make a 6 days heatwave before cold front come through later wed/thu. Period of drier / near normal between 8/14 - 8/17 before moderating back to / above normal and the next push for a heat 8/19 and beyond. 8/8 - 8/11 : Hot / Humid daily storm chances - heatwave 8/12 8/13 : front cooler 8/14 - 8/17 : near - below normal much drier 8/19 - beyond : overall warmer next chance at some heat (90+)

0.76” last evening 1.96” last 3 days

That was the 4th or 5th big storm that hit Union/ Sturbridge area this summer

July OHC of +2.96 set a new record high back to 1979 breaking old record of +2.56 (Oct 1997)!

Maybe today is the day