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SXUS71 KGYX 161401
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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