1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
The first storm of December dumped 17 inches of new snow at Timberline Lodge and 15 inches at Mt Hood Meadows on Mt Hood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oregon in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, December 1998
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: 5677659.