New York City just wrapped up its wettest summer in five years, with repeated intense storms causing flooding across the city.<\/p>\n
Central Park recorded 16.92 inches of rain from June through August, according to the National Weather Service \u2014 about 3.5 inches above normal.<\/p>\n
August was the wettest of the three months, with 8.64 inches of rain recorded in Central Park. That was 4.08 inches above normal, the National Weather Service said.<\/p>\n
About 40% of the days this summer were wet. Looking at June through August, 15 of 26 weekend days were dry, or about 58%. August had the most dry weekends of the three summer months.<\/p>\n
The heavy rainfall contributed to repeated flooding in neighborhoods across the city.<\/p>\n
City Comptroller Mark Levine said the five boroughs have experienced flooding of more than a foot nine times so far this summer<\/a>, while rainfall of more than 4 inches has been recorded 36 times.<\/p>\n Queens saw 13 Flash Flood Warnings, 12 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and one Tornado Warning during the summer. New York City averaged about two weather warnings per week from June 1 through August.<\/p>\n Residents living in Hollis, Queens were hit particularly hard by back-to-back flooding events. A storm Aug. 20 marked the second flooding event<\/a> in the neighborhood in three months, with some homeowners still repairing damage from flooding in May.<\/p>\n