Meteorological Muses

Another Dry month although some parts of the state did a lot better than others. Middletown and Portland we’re the beneficiaries of an absolute drenching downpour with a slow moving thunderstorm on Thursday, August 11th. It dropped nearly 4″ of rain in a 3 hour period. Here’s how the whole state measured out:

The was no beating it. The Middletown area ended up running some of our highest totals of the month – with in excess of 7″ of rain for August.

Here in Westbrook, we weren’t so fortunate – another deficit logged.

Total: 2.95″

Average: 4.37″

Departure: -1.42