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How much rain, wind, snow in area towns?

Some numbers are in from the National Weather Service, and the Wednesday-Thursday storm served up quite a bit of rain, wind and even snow.

Some numbers are in from the National Weather Service, and the Wednesday-Thursday storm served up quite a bit of rain, wind and even snow.

Lots of places got more than 2.5 inches of rain in 24 hours, with 3.42 measured in Dover, Del.

As of this morning, the one-year record for rain in Philadelphia rose to 62.26 inches.

Snow fell mostly in a band from northeastern Tennessee to Maine, bypassing the Philadelphia area. In the Poconos, Monroe County's Tobyhanna had 4 inches of snow as of 11:07 Wednesday night. Laporte, 60 miles west of Scranton, had 5.0 inches, and Cairnbrook, halfway between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, got 6.5.

The strongest gust recorded in the region was 59 m.p.h. at 10:10 p.m. Wednesday in Cape May.

Here are other rainfall and peak wind measurements. Rainfall was as of 2:30 a.m. today, unless indicated.

PENNSYLVANIA RAINFALL

Philadelphia International Airport 1.94 inches (as of 6:54 a.m. Thu.)

Northeast Philadelphia Airport 2.15 inches (as of 6:54 a.m. Thu.)

Doylestown (Bucks County) 2.03 inches (as of 6:54 a.m. Thu.)

Wynnewood (Montco) 2.59 inches (2 a.m. Thu.)

Norristown (Montco) 2.16 inches

Ambler (Montco) 2.09 inches (12:43 a.m. Thu.)

Northbrook (Chester County) 2.12 inches

Honey Brook (Chesco) 2.04 inches

Neshaminy Falls (Bucks County) 2.5 inches

Furlong (Bucks) 2.11 inches (12:42 a.m. Thu.)

PENNSYLVANIA WIND

Philadelphia International Airport 43 m.p.h. (9:29 p.m. Wed.)

Northeast Philadelphia Airport 41 m.p.h. (10:22 p.m. Wed.)

London Grove (Chesco) 38 m.p.h. (9 p.m. Wed.)

NEW JERSEY RAINFALL

Pennsauken (Camden County) 2.18 inches (5:55 a.m. Thu.)

Moorestown (Burlington County) 2.6 inches (5:53 a.m. Thu.)

Mount Holly (Burlco) 2.24 inches

Medford (Burlco) 2.09 inches

Woodstown (Salem County) 3.07 inches

Millville (Cumberland County) 2.56 inches (10 p.m. Wed.)

Trenton (Mercer County) 2.8 inches

Folsom (Atlantic County), 2.1 inches

NEW JERSEY WIND

Atlantic City Airport 46 m.p.h. (10:25 p.m. Wed.)

McGuire Air Force Base 41 m.p.h. (12:56 a.m. Thu.)

Cape May 59 m.p.h. (10:10 p.m. Wed.)

DELAWARE RAINFALL

Glasgow (New Castle County) 2.13 inches (as of 10 p.m. Wed.)

Blackbird Landing (New Castle) 2.98 inches

Dover (Kent County) 3.42 inches (as of 10 p.m. Wed.)

Smyrna (Kent) 3.3 inches (10 p.m. Wed.)

DELAWARE WIND

Dover Air Force Base 44 m.p.h. (12:17 a.m. Thu.)

Wilmington Airport 40 m.p.h. (11:52 p.m. Wed.)

Delaware City (New Castle County) 39 m.p.h. (9 p.m. Wed.)

Lewes (Sussex County) 49 m.p.h. (9:42 p.m. Wed.)