PACIFIC COUNTY — Heavy rain was forecast last week for Pacific County and the rest of western Washington, and meteorologists were certainly right.

Although the rain gauge was malfunctioning at the Washington State University Extension Station on Pioneer Road in Long Beach, the 642weather.com website tallied around half a foot of rain in the first week of November. The total was nearly 11 inches at the Naselle Salmon Hatchery from Nov. 1-7.

Wind speeds weren’t particularly notable for this area, topping out in the 40s. But they were sufficient to bring down a number of trees, including one that fell across Sandridge Road. Power and internet outages struck areas of the peninsula.

Grays River in western Wahkiakum County was virtually alone in experiencing significant flooding, reaching 16.02 feet — just enough to qualify as a major flood. Residents in the area are used to the problem, which closes Altoona-Pillar Rock Road and other county routes up to several times each winter.

Despite the bucket of rain, the Naselle River only reached 14.7 feet, shy of the minor flood stage of 15 feet. In north county, the Willapa River only reached 16.19 feet, far from the flood stage of 21 feet.

A forecast of possible low-elevation snow did not materialize, but there was a dusting on south county hilltops, and somewhat more at higher elevations in east county. But the weather dries out for the next week, according to the National Weather Service in Portland, which is predicting mostly sunny days — highs in the low 50s and lows in the 30s — and no significant precipitation through early next week.