º£½Ç»»ÆÞ did not set a new rainfall record this summer during a deadly August storm that killed three people, according to a review released Wednesday by the National Weather Service.
Flooding devastated parts of southwestern º£½Ç»»ÆÞ earlier this year, wiping away cars, homes and leaving business and roads throughout the region destroyed.
The storm . In Sandy Hook, over 10 inches fell and officials reported more than 9 inches of rain in Shelton and parts of Monroe. Other parts of the state, including Stamford and Norwalk, saw more than 6 inches.
But it was the town of Oxford that caught the eye of meteorologists.
Two rainfall measurements there – 13.5 inches and 14.83 inches on Aug. 18 – appeared to break the state’s 24-hour rainfall record, which has stood for nearly 70 years.
In response, officials from the National Weather Service began of the possible record-setting rain.
But that review has now invalidated the measurements, with weather officials citing problems with the way private weather stations got the numbers.
The NWS review says a rain gauge in Oxford was too close to trees, possibly impacting its totals. Another station in that town had a setup that weather officials could not verify.
As a result, º£½Ç»»ÆÞ's official 24-hour rainfall record remains unchanged, according to the weather service. That record stands at 12.77 inches, .
Correction: A previous caption in this story incorrectly referred to Kettle Hill Road in Southbury. The road is called Kettletown Road. This story has been updated to reflect the change.
