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Myles breaks down Sandy’s totals

Posted at 9:48 AM, Nov 01, 2012
and last updated 2012-11-01 10:55:57-04

Hurricane Sandy has left its mark on much of the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast. Here is a recap of the local wind gusts and rainfall totals from the National Weather Service office in Wakefield, VA. (Cover image courtesy of NASA GOES)

Peak Wind Gusts (mph): Image from NWS Wakefield. (Click on the image for a bigger view)

Wallops Island – 68

3rd Island Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel – 67

Chesapeake Light Station – 66

Rappahannock Light Tower – 66

Cape Henry – 63

Onancock – 62

Accomack – 61

Kiptopeke – 60

Yorktown USCG Station – 59

Willoughby Degaussing Station – 58

NAS Oceana – 55

Duck Pier – 55

New Point Comfort – 52

Plantation Flats/Cape Charles – 52

Wachapreague – 52

Norfolk International Airport – 51

Elizabeth City – 51

Langley AFB – 51

Dominion Terminal – 51

NAS Norfolk – 49

Sandbridge – 49

Thimble Shoals/Chesapeake Bay – 49

Lynnhaven Pier – 48

Newport News – 47

Fort Eustis – 46

Williamsburg Airport – 46

Deltaville – 46

Lafayette River/Norfolk – 45

West Point – 39

Money Point – 38

Richmond International Airport – 35

Edenton – 35

Wakefield – 33

Franklin – 24

Storm total rainfall totals: Image from NWS Wakefield. (Click on the image for a bigger view)

Pungo (Virginia Beach) – 9.58″

Oceana (Virginia Beach) – 9.38″

Cashville (Accomack) – 9.38″

White Stone (Middlesex) – 8.96″

Greenbackville (Accomack) – 8.64″

Haywood (Mathews) – 8.59″

Onley (Accomack) – 8.47″

Onancock (Accomack) – 8.39″

Wallops Island (Accomack) – 8.23″

Virginia Beach – 7.99″

Newport News – 7.63″

Newport News Airport – 7.39″

Langley AFB (Hampton) – 7.29″

Hampton – 6.91″

Smithfield (Isle of Wight) – 6.25″

Williamsburg (James City) – 6.12″

Norfolk Intl Airport (Norfolk) – 5.93″

Downtown Norfolk – 5.77″

Gloucester Courthouse (Gloucester) – 5.64″

Suffolk – 5.54″

Elizabeth City (Pasquotank) – 3.44

Wakefield (Sussex) – 3.18″

Eure (Gates) – 2.10″