September 23-25 rain reports

Brandon Weatherz WDIO

A soggy weekend brought significant rain accumulation to the Northland which resulted in flooding in the Duluth area.

Duluth’s year-to-date precipitation jumped to 2.26″ above normal on September 24. Just 20 days earlier, year-to-date precip was behind normal by 5.19″. This has brought impressive improvement to the drought.

According to the NWS, As of the 1AM observation Monday, this event is the wettest 3-day period since the 2012 flood at 4.61″ which is good for 14th place overall.

The following are rain reports as shared by the National Weather Service at 9 am Monday:

  • 12:30 PM 9/24 – 2 NNW French River – 7.17 inches – St. Louis County
  • 7:00 AM 9/25 – 13 NNE Duluth – 6.59 inches – St. Louis County
  • 2:45 PM 9/24 – 5 N Two Harbors – 6.43 inches – Lake County
  • 7:45 AM 9/25 – 1 NW Palmers – 5.35 inches – St. Louis County
  • 12:17 PM 9/24 – 3 E Rice Lake – 5.00 inches – St. Louis County
  • 8:22 AM 9/25 – Duluth International Airport – 4.59 inches – St. Louis County
  • 7:00 AM 9/25 – Wolf Ridge – 4.3 inches – Lake County
  • 7:00 AM 9/25 – NWS Duluth – 4.21 inches – St. Louis County
  • 7:27 AM 9/25 – Silver Bay – 4.11 inches – Lake County
  • 8:30 AM 9/25 – Hermantown – 4.05 inches – St. Louis County
  • 7:00 AM 9/25 – Sandstone – 3.66 inches – Pine County
  • 8:00 AM 9/25 – 6 ESE Cotton – 3.57 inches – St. Louis County
  • 7:00 AM 9/25 – 7 ESE Superior – 3.56 inches – Douglas County
  • 7:00 AM 9/25 – 3 NNE Biwabik – 3.49 inches – St. Louis County
  • 7:00 AM 9/25 – 2 S Brimson – 3.41 inches – St. Louis County
  • 8:00 AM 9/25 – 1 SSE Pine City – 3.31 inches – Pine County
  • 7:13 AM 9/25 – 4 SW Shell Lake – 3.22 inches – Washburn County
  • 7:00 AM 9/25 – 2 S Tamarack – 3.21 inches – Aitkin County
  • 8:00 AM 9/25 – 2 NNE Maple – 3.19 inches – Douglas County
  • 7:00 AM 9/25 – 2 WSW Cloquet – 3.18 inches – Carlton County
  • 7:57 AM 9/25 – 6 SSE Grand Rapids – 3.05 inches – Itasca County
  • 7:00 AM 9/25 – 8 W Brainerd – 2.96 inches – Crow Wing County
  • 8:08 AM 9/25 – Moose Lake – 2.72 inches – Carlton County
  • 8:35 AM 9/25 – Eveleth – 2.64 inches – St. Louis County
  • 7:00 AM 9/25 – 1 W Solon Springs – 2.31 inches – Douglas County
  • 8:07 AM 9/25 – Hibbing – 2.15 inches – St. Louis County
  • 8:03 AM 9/25 – Minong – 2.5 inches – Washburn County
  • 8:03 AM 9/25 – Hayward – 1.98 inches – Sawyer County
  • 8:08 AM 9/25 – Orr – 1.74 inches – St. Louis County
  • 8:30 AM 9/25 – Grand Marais – 1.04 inches – Cook County

The slow moving weather system will finally exit the region on Tuesday. Find the forecast here.