Issued by NWS Portland, ME
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SXUS71 KGYX 161401
RERPWM
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
900 AM EST MON NOV 16 2009
...PORTLAND HAD ITS WETTEST DAY EVER RECORDED IN NOVEMBER ON
SATURDAY...
A 24 HOUR CALENDAR DAY RECORD RAINFALL FOR NOVEMBER WAS SET IN
PORTLAND ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH, WHEN 5.03 INCHES OF RAIN WAS
MEASURED AT THE PORTLAND JETPORT. THIS TOPPED THE PREVIOUS RECORD
FOR DAILY RAINFALL IN NOVEMBER OF 4.70 INCHES SET ON NOVEMBER 10,
1990.
HERE IS A LIST OF THE WETTEST DAYS IN NOVEMBER...
RANK PRECIPITATION DATE
1 5.03 INCHES NOVEMBER 14, 2009
2 4.70 INCHES NOVEMBER 10, 1990
3 3.33 INCHES NOVEMBER 28, 1889
4 3.16 INCHES NOVEMBER 26, 1877
3.16 INCHES NOVEMBER 3, 1951
6 2.72 INCHES NOVEMBER 5, 1985
7 2.70 INCHES NOVEMBER 19, 1926
2.70 INCHES NOVEMBER 4, 1983
9 2.69 INCHES NOVEMBER 30, 1944
10 2.66 INCHES NOVEMBER 7, 1963
2.66 INCHES NOVEMBER 16, 1983
PRECIPITATION RECORDS IN PORTLAND BEGAN IN 1871.
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SJC
