Portland picked up 42.12 inches of rain in 2016. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 128 days at Portland Jetport; the wettest day brought 3.81 inches on Oct 21, 2016. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 48.12 inches. The total landed 6.00 inches below the normal, which works out to 12% less. 2016 ranks 49th out of 85 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1940.
Monthly rain totals for 2016. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.
Every day with measurable rain in 2016
Every day with measurable rain in 2016: Portland
Date
Rainfall
0.12″ inches
0.25″ inches
1.59″ inches
0.12″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.49″ inches
0.53″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.65″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.16″ inches
1.12″ inches
0.19″ inches
1.21″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.15″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.34″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.18″ inches
1.10″ inches
0.80″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.24″ inches
2.24″ inches
0.36″ inches
0.46″ inches
3.81″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.81″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.33″ inches
0.24″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.23″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.16″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.69″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.45″ inches
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0.34″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.37″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.19″ inches
0.43″ inches
0.22″ inches
0.36″ inches
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0.07″ inches
0.91″ inches
0.73″ inches
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0.09″ inches
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0.18″ inches
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2.43″ inches
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0.09″ inches
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0.07″ inches
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0.19″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.24″ inches
0.28″ inches
0.94″ inches
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0.40″ inches
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0.25″ inches
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0.48″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.92″ inches
0.16″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.31″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.16″ inches
0.08″ inches
0.82″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.71″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.92″ inches
0.49″ inches
0.84″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.83″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.24″ inches
0.53″ inches
0.79″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.55″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.57″ inches
2.04″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.01″ inches
Daily totals come from Portland Jetport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1940. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.
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