The recent rain storm, according to the official totals, by Monday had dropped 4.97 inches of rain since Christmas Day. That brought December precipitation up to 7.69 inches, with more to come. That puts the December 2015 precipitation well above the average of about 3.6 inches.
It remains to be seen what this will mean for the yearly total, but it likely will be higher than average.
Although the wind was strong at times, there was no wind damage reported so far.
With all of the rain, flooding would be expected. Certainly flooding can be expected in the Sandy Hook area, and other low-lying roadways, for example, those along the Moniteau. In the city of California, there has been water - sometimes several inches - standing or sometimes flowing, on the flat ground and the drainage ditches are running. But there have been few reports of streets actually underwater as would be expected for this amount of rainfall. Some residences have had problems with water in basements or crawlspaces.
The wastewater treatment plant was reported to have received 6.1 million gallons of water on Sunday, Dec. 27. Normal flow is reported to be 1.2 million gallons a day. The lagoons are mostly full, but the sewer treatment system is operating and handling 800,000 gallons a day trying to keep up with the excess water. Some of the excess water appears to be an influx of water via foundation drains, and possible broken tiles in the city sewer lines.