Washington, 1998

Heavy Snow in Washington, December 24, 1998

December 24, 1998 · NWS PQR · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

A Christmas Eve storm threatened to deliver a white Christmas to Southwest Washington. However, the 2 to 5 inches of snow that feel from around midnight to mid morning melted by afternoon as temperatures warmed.

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.

A Christmas Eve storm threatened to deliver a white Christmas to Southwest Washington. However, the 2 to 5 inches of snow that feel from around midnight to mid morning melted by afternoon as temperatures warmed. Battle Ground reported 4 inches of new snow, while the Vancouver area had around 3 inches.

Event by event

3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, C Cowlitz/N&ne Clark/P X Sw Skamania

When
December 24, 12:00 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST
Where
C Cowlitz/N&ne Clark/P X Sw Skamania forecast zone
Reported by
DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

Heavy Snow, Sw Clark

When
December 24, 12:00 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST
Where
Sw Clark forecast zone
Reported by
DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

Heavy Snow, Skamania T X S & X Sw/X E Cowlitz

When
December 24, 12:00 AM PST to 12:00 PM PST
Where
Skamania T X S & X Sw/X E Cowlitz forecast zone
Reported by
DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

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: 5677697, 5677698, 5677699.