Pennsylvania
Although Hurricane Agnes was barely a hurricane at landfall in Florida, its major impact was over the Mid-Atlantic region, where Agnes combined with a non-tropical low to produce widespread rains of 6 inches (150 mm) to 12 inches (300 mm) with local amounts up to 19 inches (480 mm) in western Schuylkill County in Pennsylvania. These rains produced widespread severe flooding from Virginia northward to New York, with other flooding occurring over the western portions of the Carolinas.
| Wettest tropical cyclones and their remnants in Pennsylvania |
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| Precipitation | Storm | Location | Ref | ||
| Rank | mm | in | |||
| 1 | 482.6 | 19.00 | Agnes 1972 | Western Schuylkill County | |
| 2 | 395.9 | 15.59 | Lee 2011 | Elizabethtown | |
| 3 | 337.3 | 13.28 | Chesapeake Potomac 1933 | York 3 SSW Pump Station | |
| 4 | 308.1 | 12.13 | Floyd 1999 | Marcus Hook | |
| 5 | 306.1 | 12.05 | Connie 1955 | Geigertown | |
| 6 | 301.2 | 11.86 | Eloise 1975 | Harrisburg Capital City AP | |
| 7 | 282.2 | 11.11 | Diane 1955 | Pecks Pond | |
| 8 | 232.9 | 9.17 | Gloria 1985 | Valley Forge | |
| 9 | 227.8 | 8.97 | Jeanne 2004 | West Chester 2 NW | |
| 10 | 224.0 | 8.82 | Irene 2011 | Lafayette | |
Read more about this topic: List Of Wettest Tropical Cyclones In The United States
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