Heavy rain over weekend results in catch-up of year-to-date total

Heavy rain on Sunday followed by additional precipitation Monday night has resulted in a big change in the city's precipitation picture, according to data measured at the Worthington Wastewater Treatment Plant.

The month of August concluded with Worthington having received a total of 16.92 inches of rain for the first eight months of 2026, compared to the normal January-through-August amount of 19.24 inches. Following a rainfall of 1.22 inches measured on the morning of Sept. 2, Worthington officially got 2.29 inches during Sunday's downpour and an additional .38 inches overnight Monday.

Those rains bring the total rainfall in the first few days of September to 3.89 inches, which moves the year-to-date-total past the first-eight-months average to 20.87 inches. The total average rainfall in September in Worthington is 2.38 inches, and the nine-month-average total is 21.62 inches.

Dry conditions are forecast for the next few days, with good chances of rain expected for this coming Sunday and Monday.