Parts of Sussex County got a respite from the heat on Saturday after a morning of heavy rainfall, with parts of the county recording over 7 inches of precipitation.
Georgetown received a record-breaking 4 inches of rainfall on Friday, according to the National Weather Service. Long Neck reported the most rain as of 8 a.m. on Saturday, with 7.25 inches recorded since the rain began on Friday.
Milton, Lewes and Rehoboth Beach all recorded over 6 inches of rain in this same period, according to the National Weather Service.
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Meteorologist Sarah Johnson said the heavy rain came from a stationary front that settled east of the I-95 corridor on Friday, which brought storms through the area. Because of the front's location, southern Delaware received significantly more rain than northern parts of the state.
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The rain has brought the temperatures down in Sussex County on Saturday, with the National Weather Service predicting a high of 84 degrees during the day. Temperatures are expected to increase again in the coming days, with Sussex County under an excessive heat watch starting Tuesday.
Johnson said the heavy rain may help "a little" with the moderate drought affecting Sussex County, but cautioned that drought is "a very long-term situation."
"It certainly is going to make a little bit of a dent, but (we're) still not necessarily going to see the drought completely erased by this one event," Johnson said.
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