[GizmoWhiskers]

I'm going to ask Santa for a large rain gauge! Would be a bit of fun to watch it fil up. Seems we got a good amount of well needed rain.

Up toward Sumter Landing on Buena Vista Blvd the road was full of water across both lanes. At least 10" or more on the right side.

[Down Sized]

6.5 In Sanibel

[gbs317]

Well I’m thankful that my basement isn’t flooded and I didn’t have to take out my snow shovel. 😁

[Rick9298]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

Yesterday was one of the rainiest days since I moved to the Villages and I am trying to figure out how much rain we got.

My rain gauge says about 4.5 inches but my weather app says 2.65 inches. I live in the Sawgrass area.

How much rain did you get?

My gauge said 7" and so did a couple of my friends

[Rainger99]

I have been here since the fall of 2021 and this is by far the most rain I have seen. I saw no flooding in Sawgrass area and none of the ponds in the area are anywhere near reaching the top so I figure that we could easily get a foot of rain without any flooding which is good news.

I have seen videos of the Villages after some hurricanes in which some areas were flooded.

How does the rain compare to those of you who lived here during any hurricanes? Was the flooding caused by the hurricane or was the flooding deliberate by draining the ponds?

[Keith1911]

7 3/8 inches in The Hammock at Fenney

[Pondboy]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

I am using the weather app that came with the IPhone. Does anyone know a more accurate one?

I’m kinda unsure as to what you’re exactly looking for. I have over the years had a few weather apps. However, none of them tell me how much precipitation falls in an immediate area. Most only give future estimates. So I have a few to recommend ;

What I now have is an app known as PWS Weather. It hooks into “Backyard” weather stations. So here in the Fenney area, I can “hook into” my neighbors weather station. It tells me current temperatures, dew point, wind speed, wind gusts, etc., It’s on the App Store and you can download it for free. However, it does not tell you future weather, only current data and it resets to “0” at midnight.

In addition to that I also have weather forecast apps from “Weather Underground”, “Elecont” and “My Radar”.

Hope that helps.

[RWhitburn]

Poinciana - 7”

[Black Beauty]

over 5 inches

[LonnyP]

Near Morse Blvd and Hwy 44 my weather station showed 4.32.

[Dawn H]

My rain gauge full at 7 inches in Fenney

[Gunny2403]

Live in McClure and my rain gauge overflowed at 9”

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by Michael 61

I live in Richmond - my gauge says 4.5 inches

My gauge says 6.5”, but honestly we hadn’t had much rain lately, and I don’t know when I last emptied it. Nice to have the rain! We needed it.

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

I have been here since the fall of 2021 and this is by far the most rain I have seen. I saw no flooding in Sawgrass area and none of the ponds in the area are anywhere near reaching the top so I figure that we could easily get a foot of rain without any flooding which is good news.

I have seen videos of the Villages after some hurricanes in which some areas were flooded.

How does the rain compare to those of you who lived here during any hurricanes? Was the flooding caused by the hurricane or was the flooding deliberate by draining the ponds?

Hurricane Irma brought a foot of rain in a day, but no houses were flooded, so far as I know. The flood control system in The Villages is excellent, and of course we don’t get battered by waves or rising tides. If there is a hurricane coming, there are a lot of flood control measures taken in advance that weren’t taken this time because it was a lot more rain than expected in a season when that sort of rain is unusual, but the system handled it just fine.

[Teemotay]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

Yesterday was one of the rainiest days since I moved to the Villages and I am trying to figure out how much rain we got.

My rain gauge says about 4.5 inches but my weather app says 2.65 inches. I live in the Sawgrass area.

How much rain did you get?

I had 4.1” in my gauge here in Harbor Hills from Saturday and another tenth of an inch on Sunday . On November 16 of this year we had 4.7” from that storm.