Rainy fall sets record for usually soggy Seattle

Seattle saw its wettest fall on record.

The National Weather Service says 19.04 inches of rain fell in the period between Sept. 1 and Nov. 30 breaking a record set in 2006.

A series of wet storms called 'atmospheric rivers' pounded the Pacific Northwest, causing widespread flooding and damage.

"It's really been incredible for Seattle, I think what's really been interesting is that we have just had atmospheric river after atmospheric river after atmospheric river, which is something that you usually don't see even in a very wet place like Seattle with a reputation for, you know, lots of rain in November. And this is pretty unusual," said Justin Shaw, who runs the Seattle Weather Blog.

Areas north of Seattle were hit especially hard. The city of Bellingham recorded 23.55 inches of rain, 6.5 more than the previous high.

Record rain comes after the region saw record breaking heat earlier this year. Scientists says these extreme weather events will be more frequent with global warming worsening.

"And so these kinds of extreme weather events like that and the record flooding that we've been seeing. We know that climate change makes those kinds of extreme events both more likely to happen and more severe. And we will keep seeing more of that as it gets warmer," said Meade Krosby a climate adaption scientist at the Climate Impact Group of the University of Washington.