Heavy Snow, Western Columbia River Gorge
- When
- December 27, 12:00 AM PST to 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Western Columbia River Gorge forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 27, 1996
Freezing rain turned to snow in the Columbia Gorge with 8 inches of accumulation at Hood River.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PQR wrote it up.
Freezing rain turned to snow in the Columbia Gorge with 8 inches of accumulation at Hood River.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Dense Fog in Florida, December 27, 1996
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 27 to 28, 1996
- High Wind in Utah, December 27, 1996
- Winter Weather in Minnesota, December 27, 1996
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, December 27 to 28, 1996
- Winter Storm in Illinois, December 27 to 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 27, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 27 to 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 27, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 27 to 28, 1996
- Blizzard in Washington, December 27 to 28, 1996
- High Wind in Hawaii, December 27, 1996
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, December 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5575755.