Heavy Snow, Greater Portland Metro Area
- When
- January 28, 12:00 AM PST to January 29, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Greater Portland Metro Area forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 28 to 29, 1996
Moisture continued to feed in from the Pacific and fell as heavy snow in the mountains of Oregon. In the Cascades 20 inches fell at Timberline and Government Camp, with 9 inches at Crater 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.
Moisture continued to feed in from the Pacific and fell as heavy snow in the mountains of Oregon. In the Cascades 20 inches fell at Timberline and Government Camp, with 9 inches at Crater lake. In the northeast mountains 9 inches fell at Austin and Tipton with 6 inches at Flora.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Northern Oregon Cascades
- When
- January 28, 12:00 AM PST to January 29, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Cascades forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Cascades in Lane County
- When
- January 28, 12:00 AM PST to January 29, 12:00 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
- Cold in Washington, January 28, 1996
- Cold in Montana, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Blizzard in Minnesota, January 28 to 29, 1996
- High Wind in New Mexico, January 28, 1996
- Cold in South Dakota, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 28 to 30, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, January 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 28 to 30, 1996
- Cold in Wyoming, January 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Cold in South Dakota, January 28 to 29, 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: 5560867, 5560868, 5560869.