Yea, this was a good swath of 30-40" totals, not just 1 or 2 one-offs.
1888 for sure basd on what we know i think for sure. Not sure of many other modern day storms? There are also alot more people reporting totals now, so pre social media and cocorahs there would be 1 or 2 random COOPs reporting for a large area sometimes.