Warmest October on Record!

By Rod Hill on 2014-11-02


With a mean temperature of 60.1 degrees, October 2014 becomes the warmest all time at PDX.  (Records began in 1940)

The average high for the month was 68 degrees, which is third warmest all time.  

The average low for the month was 52.1 degrees, which is the warmest all time. 

The rainfall amount of 5.94" was nearly double the October normal of 3.00" but not a record.  The wettest October in the record book is 1994 when 8.41" fell!  

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Record rainfall for November is 11.92" back in the flood year of 2006.  November is the wettest month of the year for Portland, according to the 30 year climate average, with 5.63" falling on average.  

Rod Hill