Stations across much of Central Maryland are reporting more than an inch of rain over the last 24 hours, and a few spots have clocked more than 2 inches as the state gets a break from the dry weather that had pushed most of Maryland into drought since the first of June.
The highest 24-hour totals reported so far include 2.4 inches in Pasadena, 2.19 inches in Elkridge and 1.69 inches in Columbia. The airport had received almost an inch by midnight, and another 0.2 inches since. Here at The Sun's weather station, Calvert and Centre streets, we recorded 1.86 inches between the afternoon deluge and another overnight.
On the WeatherDeck in Cockeysville, we had recorded almost a third of an inch by the time we turned the lights out last night. The sound of heavy rain woke us during the night, and by 6:30 this morning the gauge read 1.57 inches in all.