Puget Sound Topples More Rain Records In A Wet Start To June

SEATTLE — What has already been one of Puget Sound's wettest springs on record got even wetter Thursday, and it only took Seattle a little over a week to best its average rainfall totals for the entire month of June. According to the National Weather Service, all six of its reporting sites around the region set new rainfall records for June 9, including Seattle, SeaTac, Bellingham, Olympia, Quillayute and Hoquiam.

With 1.1 inches of rain recorded at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle handily cleared its old daily record set in 1993 and logged its sixth-wettest June day since records began in 1945. Olympia, Bellingham and Hoquiam landed in the top five.

While "Juneuary" conditions are forecast to linger into Monday, the National Weather Service expects the latest round of moisture will be less of a downpour for most.

"Steadier rain will taper off late [Friday night] into Saturday morning as the plume of moisture and associated precipitation shifts to the south and east," NWS Seattle wrote Friday. "Some limited clearing Saturday afternoon in a few locations through the interior will help temperatures creep into the upper 60s."

Sunday afternoon could be a bit rainier, especially if a convergence zone develops in the afternoon and evening, forecasters said. Luckily, partly sunny skies should return for Tuesday and stick around for most of next week, with a few chances for rain mixed in.