How much rain fell during last night's storms?
Terrence McEachern | CBC News | Posted: July 29, 2016 3:00 PM | Last Updated: July 29, 2016
More than 20 mm fell on Charlottetown, Summerside
A series of evening and overnight thunderstorms on Thursday — which brought with them dark clouds, thunder and lightning — dumped more than 20 millimetres of rain in some parts of the province.
Here are some of the precipitation totals recorded by Environment Canada:
- North Cape: 37.1 mm.
- Charlottetown: 20.8 mm.
- Harrington: 4.3 mm.
- St. Peters: 4.2 mm.
- Maple Plains 3.8 mm.
The Island's volunteer weather stations also reported the following precipitation totals:
- Summerside: 28.1 mm.
- O'Leary: 18.4 mm.
- East Point: 13.8 mm.
CBC P.E.I. weatherman Kevin "Boomer" Gallant kept a watchful eye as the storms passed over the province.
Other Islanders also took to social media to capture stunning images of the storms.
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