When it comes to tracking rainfall, I go with the averages for the surrounding areas. Some sites don't collect rainfall data & some seems to get every drop of rain that ever fell. According to that, in the last 2 days, we' had nearly 8" of rain.
Unfortunately, Weather Underground averages all their sites, including those that don't collect data, making their rainfall totals a 0. According to that site, the rainfall for the past 2 days is more like 5.5 - 6". Who knows how Weather Channel gets their data. According to their site, we have had maybe 3" in the last 2 days with a total rainfall for the month being at just 6.5"
So my averaging gets the rainfall totals for the month somewhere between 8.5 - 9". Weather Underground is at 7.8". With Weather Channel trailing at 6.8". That's an inch less than weather Underground & 2 less than my count. 1 - 2" of rain is a lot of water. This isn't nearly as far off as Weather Channel has been on this in the past. If you want decent data, you have to get it yourself & know your sources.
Cya...
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