Those drenching waves of showers and thunderstorms that flooded homes and businesses across New Jersey on Monday produced a staggering amount of rain in some parts of the state.
One rain gauge in Lakewood collected 8 inches of rain in just one day -- most of it falling in several hours, according to the National Weather Service and the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network, a group of trained weather observers based at Rutgers University.
Rain gauges in other towns measured as much as 5 to 7 inches of water during the relentless storms that were triggered by a strong low-pressure system and a moisture-packed atmosphere.
Which towns got the most rain? Here's a look at the top rainfall totals reported by the National Weather Service and the CoCoRaHS network. (Note: Some towns have weather monitoring stations in different locations, which is why some towns are listed more than once.)
To add some perspective to these numbers, New Jersey normally gets an average of 4.10 inches of rain during the entire month of August. Most of the numbers in the chart above were recorded during a 24-hour period.
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