Oregon, 1996

Heavy Snow in Oregon, November 30, 1996

November 30, 1996 · NWS PQR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Heavy snow accumulated in the Northern Oregon Cascades with 15 inches reported at Timberline, 12 inches at Mt. Hood Meadows, 10 inches at Government camp and 9 inches at Santiam Pass.

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 accumulated in the Northern Oregon Cascades with 15 inches reported at Timberline, 12 inches at Mt. Hood Meadows, 10 inches at Government camp and 9 inches at Santiam Pass. This storm continued into the 1st of December.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Northern Oregon Cascades

When
November 30, 3:00 PM PST to 11:59 PM PST
Where
Northern Oregon Cascades 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5578414.