Rainfall totals over the last two days

Wednesday and Thursday brought heavy rainfalls across a good portion of central and eastern Minnesota.  When the rain finally ended, it felt as if it had rained for 24 hours straight!

A swath of three to five inches of rain fell across western sections of the Twin Cities metro and areas to the southwest and northeast.  Officially, MSP Airport picked up 3.39 inches over the two days.  The 2.58 inches the airport received on Thursday set a new daily record for May 24.  The old record was 1.27 inches set May 24, 1937.

Here are some reports of rainfall in excess of three inches from the National Weather Service in Chanhassen:

Wright County:

• POWER PLANT (Monticello) 515 PM MAY 24 - 4.03 IN
• 1 W HOWARD LAKE 444 PM MAY 24 - 3.19 IN

Sherburne County:

• 1 N ZIMMERMAN 403 PM MAY 24 - 5.50 IN

Scott County:

• 1 NW SHAKOPEE 351 PM MAY 24 - 3.22 IN

Ramsey County:

• 1 S NORTH SAINT PAUL 541 PM MAY 24 - 4.05 IN
• ROSEVILLE 600 PM MAY 24 - 3.30 IN

Hennepin County:

• 2 NW LORETTO 523 PM MAY 24 - 3.94 IN
• 1 W BROOKLYN PARK 604 PM MAY 24 - 3.88 IN
• 3 NNE RICHFIELD 619 PM MAY 24 - 3.17 IN
• 1 WSW THE LAKE MINNETONK 430 PM MAY 24 - 3.02 IN

Chisago County:

• 2 N NORTH BRANCH 550 PM MAY 24 - 4.00 IN
• 8 ENE BRANCH 600 PM MAY 24 - 3.42 IN
• 3 NNE SCANDIA 604 PM MAY 24 - 3.15 IN

Carver County:

• 1 ESE WATERTOWN 424 PM MAY 24 - 4.28 IN
• 3 S CARVER 549 PM MAY 24 - 3.08 IN

Anoka County:

• 1 S SAINT FRANCIS 433 PM MAY 24 - 4.68 IN
• 2 SE ANOKA 458 PM MAY 24 - 3.58 IN
• 6 WSW WYOMING 606 PM MAY 24 - 3.53 IN

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