Heavy Snow, Greater Portland Metro Area
- When
- January 24, 4:00 PM PST to January 25, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Greater Portland Metro Area forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 24 to 25, 1996
Heavy snow continued in the mountains of Oregon. In the Cascades 14 inches of snow fell at Willamette Pass, 12 inches at Santiam Pass and 10 inches at Diamond Lake.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Heavy snow continued in the mountains of Oregon. In the Cascades 14 inches of snow fell at Willamette Pass, 12 inches at Santiam Pass and 10 inches at Diamond Lake. In the eastern Oregon mountains, 12 inches fell at Spout Springs, with 6 inches at Tollgate and Meacham.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Northern Oregon Cascades
- When
- January 24, 4:00 PM PST to January 25, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Cascades forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Cascades in Lane County
- When
- January 24, 4:00 PM PST to January 25, 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
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, January 24, 1996
- Flooding in Indiana, January 24 to 30, 1996
- Flooding in Maine, January 24 to 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, January 24, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 24 to 25, 1996
- Flood in New York, January 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, January 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, January 24 to 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, January 24, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, January 24, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 24 to 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, January 24 to 25, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5560853, 5560854, 5560855.