PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • August 1, 2021
Maine’s largest city and much of its coastline recorded their rainiest July since 1915, a wet but somewhat lopsided month that ended a long-running coastal drought while leaving inland areas comparatively dry. Portland recorded 9.53 inches of rain last month, according to preliminary tallies from the National Weather Service. That’s been surpassed only once in rainfall records for the city – in 1915, when the total was 10.84 inches.