Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 15 to 16, 1996

Name: Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 15 to 16, 1996
Start: 1996-01-15T16:00
End: 1996-01-16T08:00
Location: Oregon

January 15 to 16, 1996 · NWS PQR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A moist Pacific storm system continued to feed moisture into the Cascade Mountains, resulting in heavy snow. 11 inches of snow fell at Mt.

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.

A moist Pacific storm system continued to feed moisture into the Cascade Mountains, resulting in heavy snow. 11 inches of snow fell at Mt. Hood Meadows and Bennett Pass. 16 inches of snow fell at Lake of the Woods.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Greater Portland Metro Area

When: January 15, 4:00 PM PST to January 16, 8:00 AM PST
Where: Greater Portland Metro Area 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

Every storm in Oregon in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history Warnings in Oregon, January 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: 5560821.