Oregon, 1996

Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 3 to 4, 1996

January 3 to 4, 1996 · NWS PQR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Heavy snow hit portions of the Columbia Basin overnight with 4 to 5 inches of snow at Pilot Rock.

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.

Heavy snow hit portions of the Columbia Basin overnight with 4 to 5 inches of snow at Pilot Rock.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, North Oregon Cascades Foothills

When
January 3, 6:00 PM PST to January 4, 8:00 AM PST
Where
North Oregon Cascades Foothills 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

More

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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: 5560814.