Rainfall record set for region
Kicking off 2019 at first night Sporting a pair of glowing 2019 glasses, Martina Marina, 12, of Maryland shows a selfie to her mother, Letizia, as the pair enjoy Highmark First Night Pittsburgh festivities Monday night outside the Benedum Center in Downtown Pittsburgh.
A rain-soaked windshield creates a blur effect as a man walks in front of a sandwich advertisement outside Sheetz in Murrysville on Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. Monday’s rain was enough to break the yearly rainfall record in the Pittsburgh region.
A shopper exits Shop’n Save in Murrysville on Monday as seen through a rain-dotted car window. Monday’s rain was enough to break the yearly rainfall record in the Pittsburgh region.
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.
