By Rod Hill on 2011-04-16
Today's rainfall puts PDX over the top for the water year which runs Oct. 1st through September 30th. The water year average is 37.07 inches. As of 7:00 pm today, April 15th, Portland has received 37.46" of rain for the water year. Meaning, if we do not get another drop of rain, come Sept. 30th, the current water year would end above normal - wow!!
PDX has received 1.54" of rain over the past two days. Thursday saw a daily rain record of .88" and today set a rain record with a total of .66" as of this evening. The current April rain total is 3.17". Normal for the entire month is 2.64 inches. The wettest April at PDX was back in 1993 when 5.26" fell. If we get to 4.05", this month would tie for 5th place on the wet list.
Our wet spring has really been something up in the Cascades as well. Timberline Lodge reports a base of 206" today, Skibowl has a base of 103", both are highs for the season. Here in the valley, the current water year surplus is 8.89", also a high for the season. The surplus means we have had roughly two extra months of rain since October!
Hang in there - the La Nina is weakening. There is reason to believe our weather will dry out and return to normal around mid-May. Normal would be very, very nice! Still believing we will have a nice summer.
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