Heavy Snow, Greater Portland Metro Area
- When
- February 22, 3:00 PM PST to February 24, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Greater Portland Metro Area forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 22 to 24, 1996
A strong cold front moved across the state and produced heavy snow in the Northern Cascades, northern South Central Oregon and the Northeast Mountains. In the Cascades, Bennett Pass recieved 18 inches, Mt.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
A strong cold front moved across the state and produced heavy snow in the Northern Cascades, northern South Central Oregon and the Northeast Mountains. In the Cascades, Bennett Pass recieved 18 inches, Mt. Bachelor 14 inches, Timberline 13 inches and 12 inches at Mt. Hood Meadows. Crater Lake recorded 25 inches of new snow. 10 inches fell at Crescent. In the Northeast Mountains, 5 inches fell at Battle Mountain and 4 inches fell south of Hepner. Light amounts of snow also dusted parts of the Willamette Valley with 1 inch reported at Veronia and Springfield.
Event by event
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Western Columbia River Gorge
- When
- February 22, 3:00 PM PST to February 24, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Western Columbia River Gorge forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Cascades in Lane County
- When
- February 22, 3:00 PM PST to February 24, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Cascades in Lane County forecast zone
Heavy Snow, North Oregon Cascades Foothills
- When
- February 23, 12:00 AM PST to February 24, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- North Oregon Cascades Foothills forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Northern Oregon Cascades
- When
- February 23, 12:00 AM PST to February 24, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Cascades forecast zone
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
- High Wind in Colorado, February 22, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 22, 1996
- Dense Fog in Vermont, February 22 to 23, 1996
- Tornado in California, February 22, 1996
- Ice Storm in North Dakota, February 22, 1996
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, February 22 to 23, 1996
- Ice Storm in North Dakota, February 22 to 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, February 22, 1996
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 22, 1996
- Flooding in Maine, February 22 to 25, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, February 22 to 23, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 22, 1996
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, February 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: 5558211, 5558212, 5558213, 5558214, 5558215.