Tuesday, November 21, 2006

The wettest days in Seattle history

We've had so much rain lately that I thought I'd put all that water in context. Sure enough, one day earlier this month shows up on the list at #3. I remember #1 vividly, too. It wasn't that long ago.

-1. 5.02 inches: October 20, 2003
-2. 3.41 inches: November 20, 1959
-3. 3.29 inches: November 6, 2006 RECENT
-4. 3.06 inches: February 8, 1996
-5. 3.04 inches: November 25, 1998
-6. 2.98 inches: January 18, 1986
-6. 2.98 inches: February 9, 1951
-8. 2.95 inches: November 9, 1990
-9. 2.92 inches: November 24, 1990
10. 2.83 inches: January 9, 1990

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Just saw this on the NOAA site:

OLYMPIA AIRPORT HAS RECORDED 15.65 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AS OF 5 PM NOVEMBER 20TH. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD SET BACK IN NOVEMBER 1962 OF 15.51 INCHES.