By Rod Hill on 2010-04-30
April 2010 will come to and Friday night. The month will see a new record for the number of days with .01" of rainfall or more. The old record was 23 days back in 1955. Today, the 29th of April, became the 25th day of measurable rainfall. We will see possible showers Friday evening, which means the record could go to 26 of 30 days! Here is the twist, despite the number of wet days, the total rain amount is not that far above normal. The April average rainfall for PDX is 2.64". As of today, the 29th the rain total stands at 2.88 inches. The wettest April on record is 7.88" back in 1883. The wettest at the PDX location is 5.26" back in 1993. The wettest month overall is December 1996 with 13.35".
The latest forecast outlook for temperature calls for cool weather the first 10 days of May, followed by above normal temperatures the last two weeks of the month. Temperatures are expected to average above normal for the combined months of May and June. We'll see??
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