Heavy Snow, Greater Portland Metro Area
- When
- January 23, 4:00 PM PST to January 24, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Greater Portland Metro Area forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 23 to 24, 1996
A second major snow storm in 3 days spread major accumulations of snow to the Cascades, mountains of eastern Oregon and the high plateau of central and southeast Oregon. In the Cascades 25 inches fell at Crater Lake, 24 inches at Lake of the Woods, 18 inches at Diamond Lake, 12 inches at Mt.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 second major snow storm in 3 days spread major accumulations of snow to the Cascades, mountains of eastern Oregon and the high plateau of central and southeast Oregon. In the Cascades 25 inches fell at Crater Lake, 24 inches at Lake of the Woods, 18 inches at Diamond Lake, 12 inches at Mt. Hood Meadows and Bennett Pass, 11 inches at Timberline and 10 inches at Government Camp. In the high plateau area 21 to 25 inches fell at Chiloquin, 10 inches at Klamath Falls, Adel and LaPine, 8 inches at Lakeview, 6 inches at Jordan Valley and 4 inches at Juantura. In the mountains of eastern Oregon 12 inches fell at Tollgate, 8 inches at Tipton and 6 inches at Austin.
Event by event
6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Southern Willamette Valley
- When
- January 23, 4:00 PM PST to January 24, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Southern Willamette Valley forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Western Columbia River Gorge
- When
- January 23, 4:00 PM PST to January 24, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Western Columbia River Gorge forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Northern Oregon Cascades
- When
- January 23, 4:00 PM PST to January 24, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Cascades forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Cascade Foothills in Lane County
- When
- January 23, 4:00 PM PST to January 24, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Cascade Foothills in Lane County forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Cascades in Lane County
- When
- January 23, 4:00 PM PST to January 24, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Cascades in Lane County 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
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, January 23, 1996
- Flooding in Ohio, January 23 to 30, 1996
- Flood in California, January 23 to 24, 1996
- Flooding in Kentucky, January 23 to 30, 1996
- High Wind in Tennessee, January 23 to 24, 1996
- Winter Storm in Idaho, January 23 to 24, 1996
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, January 23, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, January 23 to 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 23, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 23 to 24, 1996
- Winter Storm in California, January 23 to 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 23 to 24, 1996
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5560847, 5560848, 5560849, 5560850, 5560851, 5560852.