Sydney hit with 225 mm of rain, other parts of Nova Scotia get more than 100 mm

After struggling with unseasonably dry conditions all summer, Thanksgiving Monday brought record-setting rainfall amounts across Nova Scotia.

The intense trough of low pressure the remnants of Hurricane Matthew meeting up with a system off the coast of the Carolinas hit some parts of the province harder than others.

Sydney has been hit hardest so far, with 225 millimetres as of Tuesday at 3 a.m. AT.According to Environment Canada records for October between 1981 and 2010, Sydney usually receivesan average of 142.2 millimetres of rain during the whole month.

Monday's rainfall blew Sydney'sprevious record for extreme daily rainfall out of the waterwhen 128.8millimetres fell on Aug. 17, 1981.

The unofficial rainfall numbers from Environment Canada, in millimetres, as of 3 a.m. AT on Tuesday:

• Baccaro Point: 72.9
• Bedford Range: 70.7
• Brier Island: 38.1
• Caribou Point: 113.9
• Cheticamp: 114.4
• Collegeville: 120.7
• Debert: 74.8
• Eskasoni: 199.3
• Greenwood: 64.8
• Halifax International Airport: 102.8
• Ingonish Beach: 123.6
• Kejimkujik: 62
• Kentville: 82.8
• Malay Falls: 109.2
• Nappan: 61.8
• New Ross: 75.5
• North Mountain: 111.1
• Northeast Margaree: 106.2
• Osborne Head: 109.4
• Parrsboro: 52.8
• Port Hawkesbury: 129.2
• Shearwater Jetty: 93.5
• Sydney: 224.8
• Sydney Airport: 136.8
• Tracadie: 116.7
• Upper Stewiacke: 79.4
• Western Head: 74.5
• Yarmouth Airport: 49.2