By Rod Hill on 2016-11-01
On this final day of October 2016, much of the Willamette Valley is setting all-time records for total October rainfall and the number of days with measurable rainfall, meaning .01" or more in a calendar day. Below are new total rainfall records, which will be added to through the midnight hour of October 31st:
RECORDS FOR TOTAL OCTOBER RAINFALL
SALEM: 11.19" & counting
MCMINNVILLE: 10.05"
VANCOUVER: 8.11"
HILLSBORO 8.50"
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Portland (PDX) has finished the month with 8.31 inches, second place all-time in terms of total precipitation. The wettest October is 8.41" set back in 1994. PDX has seen measurable rainfall 28 of 31 days this month, breaking the old record of 23 days back in October of 1950. It is very possible that this October will go into the books as the wettest month of the up-coming rainy season that typically runs November through March! Normal rainfall for October in Portland is 3.00 inches. The surplus of better than 5.00" of rain is basically like getting an extra November or December thrown in over the last 30 days.
Meteorologist Rod Hill
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