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11-30 (approx) - 

 

1853 - The third extreme AR event of the month combined with very warm temperatures to set the stage for historic flooding in the NW.  To the best of my knowledge the only flood to top this one was 1861.  I have been able to find few details concerning the flooding from this event, but I do know from the Fort Steilacom records rainfall amounts were insane in November 1853.  The third AR event dumped 5.13" of rain at that location in 3 days.

 

This extreme event very probably set the stage for the extreme Arctic cold wave of January 1854.

 

Funny, I was just digging through that really old stuff recently and was struck by how torchy that early winter period was. Fort Vancouver pulled off a 55/52 on November 29, 58/50 on December 2, and two more 58/50s for good measure on December 7 and December 8. Fort Steilacoom had a 60/46 on December 2, a 60/50 on December 4, 60/48 on December 5, and a 59/47 on December 8.

 

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I wasn't aware Nov 1985 had a big snow down there.

 

PDX itself didn't do great (big surprise), but most of NW OR and SW WA did pretty well with the 11/30-12/1 storm. Once you got a little away from the strongest gorge outflow that was a solid 4-7" event for the Portland metro area. I think we had about 6" here.

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11-30 (approx) - 

 

1853 - The third extreme AR event of the month combined with very warm temperatures to set the stage for historic flooding in the NW.  To the best of my knowledge the only flood to top this one was 1861.  I have been able to find few details concerning the flooding from this event, but I do know from the Fort Steilacom records rainfall amounts were insane in November 1853.  The third AR event dumped 5.13" of rain at that location in 3 days.

 

This extreme event very probably set the stage for the extreme Arctic cold wave of January 1854.

 

Down here on the Willamette, we had a major flood that crested on November 28, 1844. I believe it was the biggest until December 1861.

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PDX itself didn't do great (big surprise), but most of NW OR and SW WA did pretty well with the 11/30-12/1 storm. Once you got a little away from the strongest gorge outflow that was a solid 4-7" event for the Portland metro area. I think we had about 6" here.

 

Yeah, PDX got hosed in that one. Just looking at the depths to start the month, 2" at PDX but 10" out in Vernonia, 8" in Corvallis, 6" in Eugene, and 5" in both Salem and Astoria.

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Yeah, PDX got hosed in that one. Just looking at the depths to start the month, 2" at PDX but 10" out in Vernonia, 8" in Corvallis, 6" in Eugene, and 5" in both Salem and Astoria.

Of course, Vernonia is not exactly a great representative of Portland metro either. ;)

 

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PDX itself didn't do great (big surprise), but most of NW OR and SW WA did pretty well with the 11/30-12/1 storm. Once you got a little away from the strongest gorge outflow that was a solid 4-7" event for the Portland metro area. I think we had about 6" here.

 

SLE had 26/17 1.6" of snow on the 30th of November and then 24/21 with 6.1" of snow on December 1st, 1985. 

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"

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Interestingly the first 3 days of December represent massively low hanging fruit as far as record low temps go at Silver Falls. Today's record low is a measly 21 set in 1985. First 10 days of December look like this for record lows here...

 

21 - 1985

22 - 1985

22 - 1969

14 - 1972

 9  - 1972

12 - 1972

6   - 1972

- 9 - 1972  - Of note the 8th of December also saw a low of 8 in 2009 and 7 in 2013. 

- 4 - 1972

- 4 - 1972 

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"

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12 years ago today the NWS hit a WSW home run.

 

10 years ago today was 12-1-07.

 

Got buried in snow here with both events!

 

I remember the 12/1/2007 event very clearly.    We went out and cut a Christmas tree on 12/1 (which was a Saturday) as it was starting to snow that afternoon.   The cold air remained trapped here through the night as very moist SW flow arrived and it dumped snow for hours.   Around 10 p.m. one of my 6-year old sons accidentally scratched the eye of my other son.  It looked pretty bad and we had to get to the ER through a blizzard.   We went to the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital which has since moved to a new location.   There was absolutely nobody there and one of the doctors was actually outside shoveling the driveway to the ER door for the ambulances.    They patched him up and we drove back home up the hill through over a foot of almost untouched snow without chains.    We had 24 inches on the ground by morning.    

 

I remember shoveling the driveway in the morning (12/2) as the warm air and wind arrived.   It was amazing how quickly it warmed up.  The neighbors were walking by as I was shoveling and I told them that I was wasting my time since it would all be gone by the next morning and they laughed at me and said there is no way that would happen.    They could barely walk down the road because it was so deep.  

 

The wind roared through the night and it was almost 60 by the next morning and there was nothing left except for a few of the snowbanks that I created the previous day.   

 

And then I-5 between Olympia and Portland was closed due to flooding.

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12/1 is a common day for snow here it seems.   Facebook just reminded me that we had snow on 12/1/14 as well.   Our dog broke his leg running through the woods in the snow on this night.   That was very expensive!   And I ended up totaling my car a couple weeks later after getting hit by a dump truck coming out of the veterinary office.    :unsure:

 

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Got buried in snow here with both events!

 

I remember the 12/1/2007 event very clearly. We went out and cut a Christmas tree on 12/1 (which was a Saturday) as it was starting to snow that afternoon. The cold air remained trapped here through the night as very moist SW flow arrived and it dumped snow for hours. Around 10 p.m. one of my 6-year old sons accidentally scratched the eye of my other son. It looked pretty bad and we had to get to the ER through a blizzard. We went to the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital which has since moved to a new location. There was absolutely nobody there and one of the doctors was actually outside shoveling the driveway to the ER door for the ambulances. They patched him up and we drove back home up the hill through over a foot of almost untouched snow without chains. We had 24 inches on the ground by morning.

 

I remember shoveling the driveway in the morning (12/2) as the warm air and wind arrived. It was amazing how quickly it warmed up. The neighbors were walking by as I was shoveling and I told them that I was wasting my time since it would all be gone by the next morning and they laughed at me and said there is no way that would happen. They could barely walk down the road because it was so deep.

 

The wind roared through the night and it was almost 60 by the next morning and there was nothing left except for a few of the snowbanks that I created the previous day.

 

And then I-5 between Olympia and Portland was closed due to flooding.

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12/1 is a common day for snow here it seems.   Facebook just reminded me that we had snow on 12/1/14 as well.   Our dog broke his leg running through the woods in the snow on this night.   That was very expensive!   And I ended up totaling my car a couple weeks later after getting hit by a dump truck coming out of the veterinary office.    :unsure:

 

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Poor dog...Though of course there was a much cheaper solution...

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"

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Got buried in snow here with both events!

 

I remember the 12/1/2007 event very clearly. We went out and cut a Christmas tree on 12/1 (which was a Saturday) as it was starting to snow that afternoon. The cold air remained trapped here through the night as very moist SW flow arrived and it dumped snow for hours. Around 10 p.m. one of my 6-year old sons accidentally scratched the eye of my other son. It looked pretty bad and we had to get to the ER through a blizzard. We went to the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital which has since moved to a new location. There was absolutely nobody there and one of the doctors was actually outside shoveling the driveway to the ER door for the ambulances. They patched him up and we drove back home up the hill through over a foot of almost untouched snow without chains. We had 24 inches on the ground by morning.

 

I remember shoveling the driveway in the morning (12/2) as the warm air and wind arrived. It was amazing how quickly it warmed up. The neighbors were walking by as I was shoveling and I told them that I was wasting my time since it would all be gone by the next morning and they laughed at me and said there is no way that would happen. They could barely walk down the road because it was so deep.

 

The wind roared through the night and it was almost 60 by the next morning and there was nothing left except for a few of the snowbanks that I created the previous day.

 

And then I-5 between Olympia and Portland was closed due to flooding.

That was quite the storm here too. 20” of snow melted in the blink of an eye along with a 6” deluge of rain. A few commercial buildings had some roof failures.

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Got buried in snow here with both events!

 

I remember the 12/1/2007 event very clearly. We went out and cut a Christmas tree on 12/1 (which was a Saturday) as it was starting to snow that afternoon. The cold air remained trapped here through the night as very moist SW flow arrived and it dumped snow for hours. Around 10 p.m. one of my 6-year old sons accidentally scratched the eye of my other son. It looked pretty bad and we had to get to the ER through a blizzard. We went to the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital which has since moved to a new location. There was absolutely nobody there and one of the doctors was actually outside shoveling the driveway to the ER door for the ambulances. They patched him up and we drove back home up the hill through over a foot of almost untouched snow without chains. We had 24 inches on the ground by morning.

 

I remember shoveling the driveway in the morning (12/2) as the warm air and wind arrived. It was amazing how quickly it warmed up. The neighbors were walking by as I was shoveling and I told them that I was wasting my time since it would all be gone by the next morning and they laughed at me and said there is no way that would happen. They could barely walk down the road because it was so deep.

 

The wind roared through the night and it was almost 60 by the next morning and there was nothing left except for a few of the snowbanks that I created the previous day.

 

And then I-5 between Olympia and Portland was closed due to flooding.

My memory is fuzzy. The winter of 07-08 had lots of cold rain below 1000 feet correct?

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My memory is fuzzy. The winter of 07-08 had lots of cold rain below 1000 feet correct?

 

Below 750 feet.

 

I had 150+ inches here that winter while there was very little in Seattle or even Issaquah.   

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Yea I remember that season being very frustrating. So close to greatness. Ugh

I had a ton of non sticking snow at 500ft and it was so incredibly frustrating.

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It appears that you guys have the PNW well covered, so I'll try to post some of the Rocky Mountain events. 

 

12/1/1995

 

A warm spell in the Rocky Mountains (and maybe other areas?) produced many monthly record highs.  Salt Lake City recorded a 69 degree reading, the warmest December reading there, while other areas in the Wasatch Front were in the 70's.  Many were the only 70 degree readings ever recorded in the December through February season.   Logan, a town usually known for cold weather hit 66, which is the warmest reading recorded anytime between 11/15 and 3/6.  Records go back to 1/1/1893.

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1861: The great Willamette Flood of 1861 began in earnest as a major pineapple express moved in following a cool and wet November. Fort Vancouver posted a 59/57 day with 2.45" of rain. The rain was likely even heavier to the south. The Willamette at Salem was reported to have risen 12 feet between 5am and 5pm on the 2nd, cresting at a level on the 3rd several feet above the next highest known crest. The damage was extreme in parts of the valley, with the most notable damage occurring in the town of Champoeg between Salem and Oregon City, which was never rebuilt after over 7' of water flooded every building.

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1861: The great Willamette Flood of 1861 began in earnest as a major pineapple express moved in following a cool and wet November. Fort Vancouver posted a 59/57 day with 2.45" of rain. The rain was likely even heavier to the south. The Willamette at Salem was reported to have risen 12 feet between 5am and 5pm on the 2nd, cresting at a level on the 3rd several feet above the next highest known crest. The damage was extreme in parts of the valley, with the most notable damage occurring in the town of Champoeg between Salem and Oregon City, which was never rebuilt after over 7' of water flooded every building.

 

1861 flood line at Champoeg State Park today. You can see the plaque below the 2nd floor window. 

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1861 flood line at Champoeg State Park today. You can see the plaque below the 2nd floor window. 

 

Incredible.  That entire season from the summer of 1861 through early March 1862 was utterly insane.

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Winter 2023-24 stats

 

Total Snowfall = 1.0"

Day with 1" or more snow depth = 1

Total Hail = 0.0

Total Ice = 0.2

Coldest Low = 13

Lows 32 or below = 45

Highs 32 or below = 3

Lows 20 or below = 3

Highs 40 or below = 9

 

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The Great Coastal Gale was 10 years ago. 

 

Strongest winds along the N. Oregon coast since the Columbus Day storm. Gusts to 129 mph in Bay City. 

 

Flooding rains as well. SEA picked up 3.77" on December 3, 2007 while an incredible 7.50" fell in Bremerton (all-time record). 

 

Two day rainfalls were in excess of 14" at Hoh Ranger Station and 10" at places like Cushman Powerhouse and Carson Fish Hatchery. 

 

Further south, 6.68" fell in one day in Clatskanie (all-time record) and over 11" fell in two days at Haskins Dam, with devastating flooding in Vernonia. 

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The Great Coastal Gale was 10 years ago.

 

Strongest winds along the N. Oregon coast since the Columbus Day storm. Gusts to 129 mph in Bay City.

 

Flooding rains as well. SEA picked up 3.77" on December 3, 2007 while an incredible 7.50" fell in Bremerton (all-time record).

 

Two day rainfalls were in excess of 14" at Hoh Ranger Station and 10" at places like Cushman Powerhouse and Carson Fish Hatchery.

 

Further south, 6.68" fell in one day in Clatskanie (all-time record) and over 11" fell in two days at Haskins Dam, with devastating flooding in Vernonia.

I was gonna bring this up too. What a beast that was and I felt "lucky" in that early on the 2nd I went down to help my dad and uncle with some storm damage which occurred in the first wave. Things ramped up late on the 2nd and became unprecedented by any of my coastal life's standards. Rarely (on land, at least) have I ever considered any weather event to be life threatening. That was. I ended up stuck down there for a couple days and my parents were out of power for just under a week. The entire coastal strip was dark for at least two days from Lincoln to Grays Harbor county.

 

That storm was such an amazing hybrid with essentially a stationary, steroidal barrier jet which persisted for over 36 hours. No big pressure rises, bent back occlusion or surface low antics. It was pure gradient and incredible dynamics bringing those winds to the surface.

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I was gonna bring this up too. What a beast that was and I felt "lucky" in that early on the 2nd I went down to help my dad and uncle with some storm damage which occurred in the first wave. Things ramped up late on the 2nd and became unprecedented by any of my coastal life's standards. Rarely (on land, at least) have I ever considered any weather event to be life threatening. That was. I ended up stuck down there for a couple days and my parents were out of power for just under a week. The entire coastal strip was dark for at least two days from Lincoln to Grays Harbor county.

 

That storm was such an amazing hybrid with essentially a stationary, steroidal barrier jet which persisted for over 36 hours. No big pressure rises, bent back occlusion or surface low antics. It was pure gradient and incredible dynamics bringing those winds to the surface.

 

I remember having a hard time wrapping my mind around that storm as it was happening. Winds were so strong and for so long on the coast, while gusts barely topped 35-40 mph in many places in the Portland area. Went against everything I thought I knew about PNW windstorms up to that point. 

 

I was listing a commercial property for sale at the time in Aberdeen (during my stint in real estate). Some siding blew off the building and there was flooding all over town, but the property survived relatively unscathed. Ended up selling it too. One of 6 properties I sold before the recession forced me to reconsider my career choice.  :lol:

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I remember having a hard time wrapping my mind around that storm as it was happening. Winds were so strong and for so long on the coast, while gusts barely topped 35-40 mph in many places in the Portland area. Went against everything I thought I knew about PNW windstorms up to that point. 

 

I was listing a commercial property for sale at the time in Aberdeen (during my stint in real estate). Some siding blew off the building and there was flooding all over town, but the property survived relatively unscathed. Ended up selling it too. One of 6 properties I sold before the recession forced me to reconsider my career choice.  :lol:

 

There was nothing much here either other than some moderate wind and rain... enough to melt 2 feet of snow overnight but not enough to cause any appreciable flooding.    That event was really focused on the coast and SW WA.

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There was nothing much here either other than some moderate wind and rain... enough to melt 2 feet of snow overnight but not enough to cause any appreciable flooding.    That event was really focused on the coast and SW WA.

 

There was a pretty strong NW-SE gradient across the northwestern part of Oregon as well. 

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I remember having a hard time wrapping my mind around that storm as it was happening. Winds were so strong and for so long on the coast, while gusts barely topped 35-40 mph in many places in the Portland area. Went against everything I thought I knew about PNW windstorms up to that point. 

 

I was listing a commercial property for sale at the time in Aberdeen (during my stint in real estate). Some siding blew off the building and there was flooding all over town, but the property survived relatively unscathed. Ended up selling it too. One of 6 properties I sold before the recession forced me to reconsider my career choice.  :lol:

 

I was fortunate to get into real estate (though not selling properties as an agent) at a very good time in 2012.

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Good stuff, but we are trying to keep this limited to what happened on the current date in history.  For example...if something big happened on Dec 2, 1935 you would post that event on Dec 2.

 

Honorable mention and the sad reality that extraordinary weather doesn't happen often in California. NWS_SD does post daily historic events but, as you can see, heatwaves predominate

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On this day in 1913, Denver was in the middle of their greatest snowstorm on record. 45.7" fell between Dec 1-5. 5-6' fell in parts of the foothills.

 

http://blogs.denverpost.com/library/2013/11/26/biggest-blizzard-buried-denver-colorado-100-years-ago-in-1913/9400/

 

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Wow!  There is a picture of Seattle in Feb 1916 that looks almost exactly like that.  The buildings, the wires, the trolley and everything!  I think the Seattle picture has a clock though.

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Winter 2023-24 stats

 

Total Snowfall = 1.0"

Day with 1" or more snow depth = 1

Total Hail = 0.0

Total Ice = 0.2

Coldest Low = 13

Lows 32 or below = 45

Highs 32 or below = 3

Lows 20 or below = 3

Highs 40 or below = 9

 

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Wow!  There is a picture of Seattle in Feb 1916 that looks almost exactly like that.  The buildings, the wires, the trolley and everything!  I think the Seattle picture has a clock though.

 

Yep, I've seen that pic. That's actually a clock tower in the distance in the Denver one, too.  :)

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December 3rd is a pretty pathetic day in Silver Falls weather history. Record low is a measly 22 set in 1969, record min/max 34 in 2011. Things improve quite a bit moving forward though. 

 

Record snowfall for the date is a weak 1.0" set in 1980, that actually ended up being a decent event up here with a max depth of 9" on the 5th and at least 1" snow depth through the 18th. I had never even looked at that December due to it being part of such a terrible overall winter. 

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"

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12-4

 

1972 - The epic December 1972 cold wave begins on this day with brisk north winds and a high temp of 32 at Sea-Tac.  It will be 9 days before the temperature will rise above freezing again!  I remember this cold wave and it caused significant road damage and a myriad of frozen pipes in its wake.  Certainly one of the greatest early season cold waves on record.

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Winter 2023-24 stats

 

Total Snowfall = 1.0"

Day with 1" or more snow depth = 1

Total Hail = 0.0

Total Ice = 0.2

Coldest Low = 13

Lows 32 or below = 45

Highs 32 or below = 3

Lows 20 or below = 3

Highs 40 or below = 9

 

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12-4

 

1972 - The epic December 1972 cold wave begins on this day with brisk north winds and a high temp of 32 at Sea-Tac.  It will be 9 days before the temperature will rise above freezing again!  I remember this cold wave and it caused significant road damage and a myriad of frozen pipes in its wake.  Certainly one of the greatest early season cold waves on record.

 

A lot of all-time lows were set with this one in W. Oregon. We will get to those in a couple of days. 

 

On the 4th 

 

Silver Falls 35/14

Eugene      32/20

Salem         33/18

 

Heavy snow would begin on the 5th at these locations.

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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A lot of all-time lows were set with this one in W. Oregon. We will get to those in a couple of days. 

 

On the 4th 

 

Silver Falls 35/14

Eugene      32/20

Salem         33/18

 

Heavy snow would begin on the 5th at these locations.

 

Seattle didn't get much snow until later in the event.  A lot of people on here would have been somewhat disappointed.

Death To Warm Anomalies!

 

Winter 2023-24 stats

 

Total Snowfall = 1.0"

Day with 1" or more snow depth = 1

Total Hail = 0.0

Total Ice = 0.2

Coldest Low = 13

Lows 32 or below = 45

Highs 32 or below = 3

Lows 20 or below = 3

Highs 40 or below = 9

 

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Nice early season event started in Shawnigan Lake on the night of December 3rd 1956. 11”+ of snow would fall thru the next day and temps would bottom out at 25/14 on December 6th.

Looking at Abbotsford that was a wicked arctic front. Midnight high of 34F on the 4th. By afternoon temps had dropped to 17F with 50mph wind driven snow.
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