RALEIGH, N.C.— Wednesday, the sun finally came out again. It was nice to see the sun again, but North Carolina had a busy weekend and start to the week.
Because of the low pressure, which was called Potential Tropical Cyclone Eight, it rained all over our state, especially along the coast. This map from the North Carolina State Climate Office makes it easy to see where it rained the most. The amounts of rain are shocking, and not in a good way.
At Carolina Beach and Bald Head Island, it rained for a few days and dropped almost 21 inches. Furthermore, the State Climate Office reports that Bald Head Island received a total of 12.5 inches of rain on Monday alone, making it the wettest day on the island since 2015 and the wettest week overall.
Southport, St. James, and Sunny Point, among other nearby places, got more than 15 inches of rain during this event.
The weather along the coast was by far the worst, but here in central North Carolina, we didn’t get away from it. More than four inches of rain fell four miles east of Fuquay-Varina, which was one of the wettest reports we got.
Nearby Lillington, Fayetteville, Raeford, and even Sanford all got nearly three inches of rain. North of the Triangle, the rain did start to stop, but the next few days of heavy rain and strong winds caused some power cuts and trees to fall.
Remember, September tends to be our wettest month mostly due to impacts from tropical systems.