If it seemed like Western Pennsylvania had a lot of rain this year, your senses are not all wet. It took until the last day of the year, but Western Pennsylvania did, in fact, set a record this year with 57.53 inches of rain as of 7:30 p.m. New Year’s Eve. That tops the previous record by a grand total of .01 inch, according to the National Weather Service in Moon. About 4.5 inches of the year’s total rainfall fell in December. Meteorologist Jared Reckley said the 2018 total could rise slightly because rain still was falling early Monday night.
