Heavy Snow in Washington, December 22 to 23, 1997

Name: Heavy Snow in Washington, December 22 to 23, 1997
Start: 1997-12-22T20:00
End: 1997-12-23T01:00
Location: Washington

December 22 to 23, 1997 · NWS PQR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, C Lewis/Clark T Sw/P X Sw Skamania/E Cowlitz T X E

When: December 22, 8:00 PM PST to December 23, 1:00 AM PST
Where: C Lewis/Clark T Sw/P X Sw Skamania/E Cowlitz T X E forecast zone

A weak Pacific front reached Southwest Washington with enough cold air trapped in lower elevations to drop up to two inches of snow in parts of Clark county before turning to rain.

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

Every storm in Washington in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history Warnings in Washington, December 1997

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: 5625479.