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That’s slightly misleading, the RDU record has been broken (previously 9.11”). It was set in 2024: https://www.wral.com/archive/21561538/ The Raleigh record is what those tweets are speaking to and it is taking into account the switch to RDU as the reporting site in 1945, and observations at the previous sites which obviously go further back. So there is no RDU record pre-1945 as that site didn’t exist. But as shown, reporting site or not, tomorrow’s rain could shatter all records for the Raleigh area in July. My >13” total already has, if my site was official! It’s the wettest month I’ve had in 8 years of running my station

What makes this month’s rain even more impressive in the triangle is we achieved these totals without a tropical system involved. And it hasn’t been just a couple rogue storms, it has been consistent heavy events from the start to the end of the month. With many areas now over a foot of rain with more possible tomorrow, this month is working towards the top 5 wettest months all time for the area and probably the wettest ever without a significant tropical system to influence the totals. The drought isn’t over but per WRAL we needed 18” in July to end it and I’m sitting over 13” and RDU has nearly 12. That is damn impressive and lakes and rivers have responded as well

At some point overnight we picked up 0.48” which brings my MTD to 13.47”. RDU picked up over 1”

Weird not having any rain to report today

73.4 for the high today. Incredible

Today/last night’s 0.84” has brought my 3-day storm total to 3.97” and the MTD to 12.99”

RDU didn’t open until 1943, so those were not taken at the airport. The wettest July in RDU history was in 2024 with 9.11” and I think it surpassed that mark today

This has to be confirmed but I think RDU just broke the record for wettest July in its history

This is officially the wettest July to date in RDU history!

Probably up enough to end water restrictions soon

If we’re not all dropped to D1 or D0 I’d be surprised from triangle to your way. I too have had over 6” this week alone and now over a foot for the month with more coming

We picked up 0.77” overnight and still raining lightly. Up to 2.92” for the event and 11.94” for the month! EDIT: picked up 0.21” since posting, bringing the storm total to 3.13” and MTD over a foot to 12.15”!!!

2.15” event total here. Not sure we see any more given radar. Stayed in 70s all day, incredible. Also incredible, my MTD is now 11.17”

Closing in on 2" at my house but down at the office in Garner It has been much heavier. Not sure how much they have seen here but the ditches are full around my office and the entry was underwater and it hasn't stopped pouring over the last hour+ since Ive been here.

Wow there are some insane totals around Greensboro. We’re at around an inch here

Perhaps the wake county snow/rain hole hasn’t truly disappeared, it just migrated west

If these totals verify a lot of central and eastern NC may actually drop into DO and D1 drought categories next week. At my house we could easily be pushing a foot of rain for the month after this system

I think all of wake is over 4” for the month with Raleigh-north over 8”

This looks like a coastal storm Snowfall Map

Just as it looked like that SE band was maturing it got sheared south in the most recent radar shots. Probably be the name of the game for this system today, periodic attempts to organize but shear winning out each time. Probably a 55-60 kt ceiling and that is only if it can sustain longer than it did this morning. Still interesting to watch the circulation strengthen with this much shear, certainly a stronger storm than at any point yesterday though wind speed will likely go up and down through the day

That is shocking

That SE quad is pretty solid on radar now. Not surprised by recon, this probably gets bumped to 50-55 Kts at 11. I guess the question is in the face of 25 kts of shear, how close is this to its ceiling? Maybe 60kts later today?

Picked up an additional 0.12” overnight a some point which brings us up over 9” up to 9.02” MTD

Picked up another 0.62” to bring the daily total to 2.33”. This now brings the MTD to 8.90”. Looks like maybe another round later tonight too?

Absolutely nuts across wake county tonight