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Hey guess what? It was really wet this November

By Scott Sistek Published: Dec 1, 2009 at 11:41 AM PST
Hey guess what? It was really wet this November
Shoppers dodge traffic and rain drops while taking advantage of the holiday sales at the outlet stores on Black Friday, Nov. 27, 2009, in Freeport, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

How wet was it last month amid 9-10 wind storms? We actually cracked some Top 10 lists out there for wettest Novembers on record. Here are the stats, courtesy of the National Weather Service:

 ..A WET NOVEMBER FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON...

NOVEMBER 2009 WAS A WET AND WILD ONE FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON WITH SOME SITES BREAKING INTO THEIR TOP TEN WETTEST NOVEMBERS...AND A COUPLE INTO THEIR TOP TEN WETTEST MONTHS OF ALL TIME. NOVEMBER 2009 REACHED THE NUMBER 2 SPOT FOR WETTEST NOVEMBER AT BOTH QUILLAYUTE AND HOQUIAM. SEA-TAC MANAGED TO TIE THEIR NUMBER TEN SPOT BY GETTING EXACTLY 0.20 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION ON THE 30TH. THE SEATTLE WFO AT SANPOINT REACHED NUMBER 4 FOR THEIR WETTEST NOVEMBER. 


TOP TEN WETTEST NOVEMBERS AT QUILLAYUTE

  1. 29.14   1983
  2. 26.55   2009
  3. 26.11   1998
  4. 24.47   2006
  5. 24.28   1975
  6. 22.59   1990
  7. 22.17   1980   
  8. 21.53   1999
  9. 20.64   1995   
  10. 18.49   1991

TOP TEN WETTEST NOVEMBERS AT HOQUIAM

  1. 21.17   2006
  2. 18.53   2009
  3. 18.03   1990
  4. 17.22   1995
  5. 17.09   1983
  6. 16.38   1963
  7. 15.44   1999
  8. 15.33   1955
  9. 14.84   1998,1958
  10. 14.52   1954

TOP TEN WETTEST NOVEMBERS AT SEA-TAC

  1. 15.63   2006
  2. 11.62   1998
  3. 10.71   1990
  4. 10.40   1995
  5.  9.69   1963
  6.  9.65   1964
  7.  9.60   1999
  8.  9.34   1962
  9.  9.26   2001
  10.  8.96   2009,1955

TOP TEN WETTEST NOVEMBERS AT SEATTLE WFO

  1. 11.56   2006
  2.  9.74   1999
  3.  9.40   2001
  4.  8.53   2009
  5.  7.16   1995
  6.  6.71   1988
  7.  6.45   1986
  8.  5.95   1990
  9.  5.65   2003
  10.  5.50   1992

FOR QUILLAYUTE AND HOQUIAM...NOVEMBER 2009 ALSO BROKE INTO THEIR TOP TEN WETTEST MONTHS OF ALL TIME. QUILLAYUTE REACHED NUMBER 4 WHILE HOQUIAM REACHED NUMBER 6. SEA-TAC DID NOT BREAK INTO THEIR TOP TEN WETTEST MONTHS OF ALL TIME...BUT SEATTLE WFO AT SANDPOINT REACHED NUMBER 7 ON THEIR LIST. HOWEVER...OBSERVATIONS FOR THE WFO ONLY GO AS FAR BACK AS 1986.

 

TOP TEN WETTEST MONTHS OF ALL TIME FOR QUILLAYUTE 

  1. 29.14   NOV 1983
  2. 27.82   DEC 1979
  3. 27.17   OCT 1975
  4. 26.55   NOV 2009
  5. 26.20   FEB 1999
  6. 26.11   NOV 1998
  7. 24.86   OCT 1967
  8. 24.28   NOV 1975
  9. 24.02   JAN 2006
  10. 23.99   JAN 2002

TOP TEN WETTEST MONTHS OF ALL TIME FOR HOQUIAM

  1. 23.46   JAN 2006
  2. 21.17   NOV 2006
  3. 19.64   DEC 1996
  4. 19.04   FEB 1961
  5. 18.58   FEB 1999
  6. 18.53   NOV 2009
  7. 18.14   DEC 1998
  8. 18.03   NOV 1990
  9. 17.22   NOV 1995   
  10. 17.09   NOV 1983

TOP TEN WETTEST MONTHS OF ALL TIME FOR SEATTLE WFO

  1. 11.56   NOV 2006
  2. 10.85   DEC 1996
  3. 10.12   JAN 2006
  4.  9.74   NOV 1999
  5.  9.40   NOV 2001
  6.  9.10   DEC 2007
  7.  8.53   NOV 2009
  8.  8.18   JAN 1998
  9.  8.00   DEC 2006
  10.  7.80   MAR 1997

OTHER SITES IN WESTERN WASHINGTON DID NOT BREAK INTO THEIR TOP TEN WETTEST LISTS...BUT NOVEMBER 2009 WAS ABOVE NORMAL FOR THEM.

 

LOCATION        NOVEMBER 2009       NOVEMBER 30 YEAR NORMAL

 

OLYMPIA             10.08                   8.13                   

BELLINGHAM           6.72                   5.44