PORTLAND – A second straight day of relentless rain broke Portland’s rainfall record for the month of March.
Tom Hawley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said the March rainfall record for Portland – 9.97 inches, set in March 1953 – was broken at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.
By 10 p.m., the city’s total for the month was 10.09 inches.
National Weather Service records go back to 1871.
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