Rainfall Information Sources for Virginia, Southeastern U.S., and Elsewhere

Below are some information sources for rainfall amounts from Hurricane Sandy or any other weather event.  For more weather-information sources–including links for streamflow and severe-weather information sources, please see the Virginia Water Resources Research Center’s Water Status Page, online at http://vwrrc.vt.edu/waterstatus_new.html.

National Weather Service’s Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service – nationwide map of precipitation, with daily, monthly, and yearly archives and zoom-to-county capability.

Southeast Regional Climate Center Precipitation Maps
(maps of precipitation and precipitation departure-from-normal for previous 7 days, 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, and 3 months.

Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network (users can select area or time period of interest)

Real-time weather and water observations from buoys on the Chesapeake Bay are available at the following link: NOAA’s Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System

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