For years, I've had a Portland rainy day counter. Right on bottom of this page. But this rainy season of 2016-2017 the counter broke. Or more specifically, the rainy season broke me - since I have to manually update the rainy day counter! So much rain, so little time. Here it is, then, in … [Read more...]
Portland Has Wettest September On Record
The final weekend of September 2013 was incredible. And not because of sun and highs in the 80s or something like that. Wishful thinking. Instead, Portland had about 3" of rain in three days--making it the rainiest September in Portland history! Congratulations to the Rose City... And it … [Read more...]
Real Life ‘Survivor’ – 2012 One Of Portland’s Wettest Years On Record
The numbers are in. And if you're reading this, then you made it through an entire season on "Rain Island" -- you're a survivor! The chart here tells the story. 2012 was Portland's fourth wettest year on record at PDX! In case you're wondering--Portland had 10 days in 2012 with more than … [Read more...]
Record Breaking Start To Northwest Rainy Season
Is this crazy or what? I mean--we had .25" of rain in 3 months and next thing you know it's rainy cats and dogs and doesn't stop. In the graphic you can see that Portland, Vancouver and Salem all smashed rainfall records for October 12th. And there are two more amazing things, to me, … [Read more...]
Mother Nature Cooks Up Broken Records During Thanksgiving Week 2011
The biggest day for records was Tuesday November 22, 2011. Just check out the Portland Airport stats in this graphic where records have been kept since 1940. If you had relatives visiting this week--don't let them whine about all the rain. Instead, tell them to be thankful they witnessed … [Read more...]
Special Delivery From La Nina: Possible Flooding And Strong Winds
You're looking at our KOIN Local 6 computer created estimates of the total rainfall between now and Wednesday evening. C-R-A-Z-Y. But true? Can we believe Portland could see almost 6" of rain this week or that Tillamook could see 5" of rain? I'm treating this like I treat any estimate … [Read more...]