Southeastern Wisconsin has received record amounts of rainfall recently. | jim gade/Unsplash
Southeastern Wisconsin has received record amounts of rainfall recently. | jim gade/Unsplash
Milwaukee area residents are still trying to dry out after recently being besieged by record rainfall.
“We broke several rain records on Sunday in Milwaukee," FOX6 Milwaukee meteorologist Tom Wachs posted on Twitter this week in the wake of the massive storm. "[There were] 4.78 inches of rain Sunday in Milwaukee, 5.57 inches total at MKE [airport] through Monday AM. Nearly 10 inches of rain reported in Racine.”
FOX6 Milwaukee reported flood warnings in effect across much of the area for several days, including the weekend, after days of heavy rainfall. Milwaukee received nearly 5 inches of rain on Sunday, while Racine was drenched by more than 9 inches over one 24-hour period.
The 4.78 inches of accumulation that hit Milwaukee broke the 22-year-old single-day city record of 2.96 inches. On average, most towns in the area received 3 to 9 inches of rain. The nonstop downpour also set a record for total rainfall on any day in September, surpassing the eight-decade-old mark of 4.32 inches set on Sept. 8, 1941.
As the rainfall raged, the Washington Post reported that several roads, including major highways, were heavily flooded and power outages had occurred across much of the southeastern region of Wisconsin. The water level of all local rivers and streams also rose.
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