A record-setting amount of rain fell on the Harrisburg area Friday afternoon and evening, according to the National Weather Service at State College.

The area officially received 1.6 inches of rainfall at the Harrisburg International Airport on Friday.

The previous record for any August 4 was 1.3 inches, set in 1915. The National Weather Srevice has been collecting data in the Harrisburg area since the 1880s.

But much more rain was recorded by unofficial spotters around the area, according to Aaron Tyburski, a meteorologist with the weather service.

4.76 inches was recorded at the water plant near the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg.

3.24 inches was recorded at Pine Grove Furnace State Park in Cooke Township, Cumberland County.

2.91 inches was recorded in Mechanicsburg.

2.47 inches was reported in Carlisle.

2.1 inches of rainfall was recorded at Safe Harbor Dam in Manor Township, Lancaster County.

Additional rainfall totals were not immediately available.

The heavy rains occurred during several rounds of storms over the afternoon and evening hours on Friday, unlike the nearly five inches of rain that fell on the Middletown area last month in about an hour, Tyburski said.

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