I was so busy and wasn't feeling well, but this was quite an enjoyable snowfall. Wish we got another daytime snow, but I was out and about during some of this and it was awesome to watch it come down. I really was not expecting to hit our forecast once again. DVN has done some fantastic work on their forecasts for our last two snowfalls. Hopefully we get a white Christmas from this now.

I've heard this argument and totally understand it looking at official records. However, I think the situation is more nuanced. For all intents and purposes, last winter was a dud for Portland. We had a persistent death ridge through most of January and scored a short lived snow/sleet/ice event when it finally retrograded and allowed in some backdoor cold. But it was barely three days and the snow totals were modest and not terribly consistent over the area. Even the winter of 23-24, which saw a more significant ice event, was relatively short lived (3-4 days below freezing). The rest of the winter saw nothing. The winter of 22-23 featured the big late February snow totals but it never saw the big cold stretch and was over in just a couple days (I would also argue snow storms so late in winter lose a bit of their appeal since you're battling sun angles and day length). Outside of a fairly unremarkable sleet event in December, the rest of that winter was uneventful. All that is to say that while yes, our recorded snow streak suggests we're due for a dud. We're also due for a true, prolonged arctic air episode, or a winter where we see more than one true "event," or something interesting in December. In some ways I wish one of the previous three winters actually produced an "official" dud because they really weren't very exciting for us cold/snow lovers.

FWIW the weeklies keep the PNA negative for an extended period.

February 2023 was legit many places…

I expect at least one decent snow event every year or a few minor ones, unless it’s El Niño. I think it’s still part of our climate. We are certainly due for the next major windstorm.