Heavy Snow, Greater Portland Metro Area
- When
- January 27, 12:00 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Greater Portland Metro Area forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 27, 1996
This same storm system dumped heavy snow over most of the rest of Oregon. In the Cascades 14 inches fell at Crater Lake with 10 inches at Santiam Pass and Green Springs.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
This same storm system dumped heavy snow over most of the rest of Oregon. In the Cascades 14 inches fell at Crater Lake with 10 inches at Santiam Pass and Green Springs. Across central Oregon, 9 inches fell at Chiloquin, 8 inches at LaPine, 7 inches at Chemult, 6 inches at Bend, Sisters, Maupin, Gilcrist. In southeast Oregon 6 inches fell at Burns. In the Columbia Basin 8 inches fell at Milton-Freewater, 7 inches near Pendleton, 6 inches at Helix, Hepner and Boardman, and 4 inches at Irrigon. In the mountains 8 inches fell at Tollgate with 6 inches at Tipton.
Event by event
7 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Southern Willamette Valley
- When
- January 27, 12:00 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Southern Willamette Valley forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Western Columbia River Gorge
- When
- January 27, 12:00 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Western Columbia River Gorge forecast zone
Heavy Snow, North Oregon Cascades Foothills
- When
- January 27, 12:00 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- North Oregon Cascades Foothills forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Northern Oregon Cascades
- When
- January 27, 12:00 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Cascades forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Cascade Foothills in Lane County
- When
- January 27, 12:00 AM PST to 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Cascade Foothills in Lane County forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Cascades in Lane County
- When
- January 27, 12:00 AM PST to 6:00 PM 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
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flooding in New Jersey, January 27 to 31, 1996
- Flooding in Maine, January 27 to 30, 1996
- High Wind in New York, January 27, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 27, 1996
- High Wind in New York, January 27, 1996
- High Wind in Vermont, January 27, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 27 to 28, 1996
- High Wind in Maine, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 27, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 27 to 30, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5560860, 5560861, 5560862, 5560863, 5560864, 5560865, 5560866.