May showers bring May flowers? Yes they do.
The steady rains the area has received in the early part of this month are setting records. The seven straight days of precipitation that fell in the Pittsburgh-area from May 3 through May 9 brought an unprecedented total of 2.32 inches of rain.
On Mother’s Day alone, a total of 1.17 inches of rain fell, breaking the single-day record for that date of 1.02 inches set in 1966.
The previous rainfall records actually began toppling in late April. On April 29, the Pittsburgh area received 1.27 inches of rain, breaking the previous record for that date of 1.24 inches in 1964.