What is the local record for rainfall?

Dateline article| David Murphy|

In Philadelphia, the record rainfall within a calender day was roughly 7 inches, set on September 16, 1999 as a result of the remnants of Hurricane Floyd.

Here some other rainfall totals from the storm between September 15 and 17, as compiled by our local National Weather Service Office in Mount Holly, New Jersey:

CHESTERTOWN KENT MD 14.00 INCHES

SOMERVILLE SOMERSET 13.34

WHITE HOUSE HUNTERDON 12.98

VERNON KENT DE 12.36

FEDERALSBURG CAROLINE 11.20

PEQUANNOCK MORRIS 11.04

GREENWOOD SUSSEX DE 10.58

AMERICAN CORNERS CAROLINE 10.20

DOYLESTOWN BUCKS 10.07

NESHANIC SOMERSET 10.05

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