Hurricane Ida: Rainfall and Flooding
Ida produced widespread rainfall along its path, with significant totals reported in portions of the Gulf Coast and Mid-Atlantic and New England states.
Portions of southeastern Louisiana, southwestern Mississippi, and coastal Alabama reported rainfall totals over ten inches along the Gulf Coast.
When Ida transitioned to an extratropical storm, it produced local rainfall rates near or above 3 inches per hour across Maryland, southeastern Pennsylvania, northern New Jersey, and the New York Metropolitan area.
Below are some of the highest rainfall totals reported (from August 28 through September 2) across the states impacted by rain from Ida:
- Mobile 10.4 W: 11.43"
- Bay Minette 10.9 N: 9.41"
- Pine Hill 3.6 WSW: 7.64"
- Pollard 2.4 N :7.64"
- Vernon 1.1 NNE: 7.07"
- Century 12.1W: 9.59"
- Panama City 0.3 SW: 7.09"
- Niceville: 2.1 SE: 6.17"
- Inglis 0.6 N: 6.14"
- Port Richey 2.0 NNE: 6.12"
- Livingston: 20.49"
- Ponchatoula: 17.34"
- Pearl River 2 S: 14.05"
- Slidell: 13.21"
- Chalmette: 11.73"
- Frederick 2.7 N: 8.57"
- Aberdeen Phillips Field: 8.37"
- Williamsport: 8.26"
- Taneytown 4.1 NE: 6.94"
- Frostburg 2: 6.73"
- Pass Christian 5 N: 14.86"
- Ocean Springs 1.2 WNW: 14.33"
- Waveland 1.0 NW: 13.88"
- Picayune 5.6 ENE: 13.51"
- Pascagoula International Airport: 12.47"
- Hillsborough TWP 2.6 ESE: 9.45"
- Edison TWP 1.6 N: 9.25"
- Wertsville 4 NE: 9.21"
- Hopewell TNP 2.4 NW: 9.14"
- North Arlington 0.7 WNW: 9.07"
- New York 6.8 NNW: 9.78"
- Staten Island 4.5 Se: 9.59"
- Centereach 1.3 NE: 9.10"
- Yorktown Heights 1.6 E: 8.05"
- Brooklyn 3.1 NW: 7.56"
- Perkasie 1.6 SSE: 11.67"
- Wood 0.1 S: 11.51"
- Lansdale 3.9 SW: 11.50"
- Modena 1.1 NE: 9.57"
- Valley Green 0.8 ENE: 8.81"