How much rain did the Gardner area get last night? Here's the rainfall totals
Many communities in North Central Massachusetts were hit with five consecutive hours of heavy rainfall late last night. The worst of the storm that delivered extreme and dangerous amounts of rain to Leominster stayed about 15 miles east of Gardner.
The storm damaged roads and property in Leominster as well as forced more than 100 residents to evacuate their homes and into shelters.
According to the most recent National Weather Service rainfall report, Leominster got 9.5 inches of rain. Leominster was the city in Massachusetts with the most rainfall on Monday, Sept. 11, while neighboring Westminster received nearly 4 inches.
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Here are the NWS reports. Times are from Tuesday, Sept. 12, unless otherwise noted:
Princeton rain total
6.33 inches as of 7:04 a.m.
Sterling rain total
6.17 inches as of 7 a.m.
Fitchburg rain total
5.10 inches as of 2:11 a.m.
Westminster rain total
3.72 inches as of 6:50 a.m.
Ashburnham rain total
3.17 inches as of 7 a.m.
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Gardner rain total
2.67 inches of rain as of 7 a.m.
Hubbardston rain total
0.47 inches of rain as of Sept. 11 at 9:32 p.m.
Athol rain total
0.45 inches of rain as of 7:04 a.m.
This article originally appeared on Gardner News: Rainfall totals for North Central Massachusetts: How much rain fell
