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Lorton rainfall Oct 29 - Nov 4, 2012

Daily rainfall totals for previous 24 hours measured at 6am from my rain gauge in Lorton.

From Sunday through Wednesday last week we received a good soaking from Hurricane Sandy.  Locations to our east and north received more rain; a table of total accumulations for the storm from stations in Fairfax and Prince William counties follows:


Franconia 1.3 mile SSE 6.29” Vienna 1.3 mile W 6.28” Herndon 3.3 mile S 6.23” Mount Vernon 0.5 mile NE 5.99” Lorton 1.2 mile NE 5.74” Reston 1.8 mile SSW 5.69” Alexandria 5.6 mile WSW 5.65” Woodbridge 0.5 mile SSW 4.92” Mclean 2.4 mile SSE 4.68” Gainesville 1.6 mile SE 4.51”




No surprise - the drought chart issued with data as of last Tuesday shows improvements across the state!  My rain gauge in Lorton recorded the following precipitation at 6am on the day indicated for the previous 24 hours:


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Date Precip Mon 10/29/2012 0.48” Tue 10/30/2012 4.80” Wed 10/31/2012 0.46” Thu 11/01/2012 T Fri 11/02/2012 T Sat 11/03/2012 0.00” Sun 11/04/2012 0.00” Totals : 5.74”


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