PORTLAND (AP) -The rain was relentless but October will go down in the record books only as the second-wettest October and third-wettest month ever in Maine’s largest city, the National Weather Service said Monday.
The state narrowly missed a storm over the weekend that could have put the rainfall totals over the top, said meteorologist John Cannon. Instead, Mainers had to settle for a sunny and relatively warm autumn afternoon on Sunday. For the record, Portland had 14.37 inches of rain in October, Cannon said.
The all-time rainiest month was October 1996, when Portland recorded 16.86 inches. That was the month of Maine’s all-time biggest rainstorm, a three-day monster along the coast that dumped 19.2 inches on Saco, Cannon said.
Portland’s second-rainiest month was August 1991, when Hurricane Bob drenched New England.
Portland had 15.22 inches of rain that month, he said.
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