By Rod Hill on 2010-09-30
With one day left in the month, it is worth noting the many records that have been tied or broken this month. I cannot recall a month in recent memory that recorded 9 records! Here is the list for what has been anything but a normal September:
Sept. 7th: 1.55" of rain / new daily record for the date
Sept. 7th: 1.03" of rain in one hour / new all-time Portland rain record for one hour
Sept. 9th: High temperature 65 degrees / ties low-high temperature record for the date
Sept. 16: Low of 61 degrees / record high-low temperature for the date
Sept. 17: Low of 62 degrees / record high-low temperature for the date
Sept. 18: .97" of rain / new daily record for the date
Sept. 26: Low of 61 degrees / record high-low temperature for the date
Sept. 27: Low of 63 degrees / record high-low temperature for the date
Sept. 28: Low of 62 degrees / record high-low temperature for the date
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It appears September will end with 3.36" of total rainfall. The total is 1.71" above the normal of 1.65". Our wet September does not make the top five. The wettest September at PDX (records back to 1941) is 4.30", 1986. The wettest all locations dating to 1871 is 5.52", 1927.
What a month is was!!
La Nina Strengthening