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February 2014 in the PNW


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Snowfall warning up here. Have rain by the afternoon for tmrw tho.

2013/2014 Winter season

Coldest Low: 14 F December 7th

Coldest High: 27.3 F December 7th

Coldest Wind chill: 5 F December 7th

Lowest Dew Point: -2.2 F December 6th

Days below freezing: 5

Total Snowfall: 11 inches

Most snowfall in a Day: 8 inches

Days With Snow: 3

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Thanks Brennan.  I love those kinds of fan reaction videos.  I had to watch the Superbowl at work on a computer.  Fortunately, the streaming broadcast was very good, but it sucked having to watc it by myself.  This is the kind of party I wish I had been able to go to, so watching these videos makes me feel like I kind of was there.

 

Light snow here in Leavenworth.  The snow tonight through Sunday night will probably be the biggest snow of the season.  We have had a lot of snow since late January, but the most for any one storm was about 6 inches.  They are calling for one inch today, 2-4 tonight, 5-9 Sunday, 4-8 Sunday night, and 1-3 Monday.  Een the low end of those gives us a foot.

 

Winter was late here, after a good start in early December, but it was worth the wait.  I just wonder how high the snow would have piled up had this been December/January, when there would not have been the daytime melt and rainfall that we have had in February.

What's your snow total so far for the year?  How much on the ground?  Typically Winthrop is colder but gets less snow than you but they sure have gotten hit good with snow.  They had 50" along between Feb 10th and 24th.  Still been snowing some there but don't have totals.  You might be catching up.

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Snow picking up. Temp 39F

2013/2014 Winter season

Coldest Low: 14 F December 7th

Coldest High: 27.3 F December 7th

Coldest Wind chill: 5 F December 7th

Lowest Dew Point: -2.2 F December 6th

Days below freezing: 5

Total Snowfall: 11 inches

Most snowfall in a Day: 8 inches

Days With Snow: 3

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What's your snow total so far for the year?  How much on the ground?  Typically Winthrop is colder but gets less snow than you but they sure have gotten hit good with snow.  They had 50" along between Feb 10th and 24th.  Still been snowing some there but don't have totals.  You might be catching up.

I am guessing since late January we have had about 36 inches that have fallen, and we have about 13 inches on the ground.  Still less than normal,since December and almost all of January was so dry.

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Seattle has a low dewpoint

2013/2014 Winter season

Coldest Low: 14 F December 7th

Coldest High: 27.3 F December 7th

Coldest Wind chill: 5 F December 7th

Lowest Dew Point: -2.2 F December 6th

Days below freezing: 5

Total Snowfall: 11 inches

Most snowfall in a Day: 8 inches

Days With Snow: 3

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  • 1 year later...

If we had snowcover hiigh temps would be in the 0's... Remember what happened in Eugene back during December last Okay, that was with 850mb temps -12c over that area roughly... Imagine widespread 8" of snow, with 850mb temps -16c to -19c. They were -10 below right we would see the same throughout northern Willamette Valley, PDX or maybe slightly colder... It would be incredibly fun! WHAT IF....

 

Highs in the 0's in February? Because PDX has had highs in below 10F how many times since January 1888?

Snowfall                                  Precip

2022-23: 95.0"                      2022-23: 17.39"

2021-22: 52.6"                    2021-22: 91.46" 

2020-21: 12.0"                    2020-21: 71.59"

2019-20: 23.5"                   2019-20: 58.54"

2018-19: 63.5"                   2018-19: 66.33"

2017-18: 30.3"                   2017-18: 59.83"

2016-17: 49.2"                   2016-17: 97.58"

2015-16: 11.75"                 2015-16: 68.67"

2014-15: 3.5"
2013-14: 11.75"                  2013-14: 62.30
2012-13: 16.75"                 2012-13: 78.45  

2011-12: 98.5"                   2011-12: 92.67"

It's always sunny at Winters Hill! 
Fighting the good fight against weather evil.

 

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Highs in the 0's in February? Because PDX has had highs in below 10F how many times since January 1888?

PDX has never had a high below 14. Portland hasn't had one below 9. Even in the great Jan 1862 month-long blast the coldest "high" (2pm temp) was 13 at Ft Vancouver. Suffice it to say anything below about 18-20 is exceedingly rare and cold 850 mb temps alone isn't a good predictor. Snow cover is a far better predictor of lows...my guess would be it's nigh impossible for modern PDX to have a low below about +8 without snowcover. In fact sub-zero lows are nearly unheard of in the Snake River Valley of Idaho unless there's snow on the ground.

The Pacific Northwest: Where storms go to die.

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