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Eastern Oregon falls into the cold semi-arid climate (or BSk type), which features drier weather. West of the Cascade Range, winters are chilly with frequent rain and occasional snow. Temperatures can get very cold, but only occasionally, as the result of Arctic cold waves. The high desert region of the state is much drier, with less rain, more ...
Weather stations with highest snowfall in the United States by state, 1985-2015; State Place Average annual snowfall [3] elevation of weather station [4] coordinates [4] Other snowy areas (limited or unofficial data) and notes 1. Washington: Paradise, Mount Rainier: 645.5 inches (1,640 cm) 5,400 feet (1,600 m)
The snowstorm unloaded 10.8 inches of snow across the city on Wednesday, making Feb. 22 the second-snowiest day in Portland history, only behind the 14.4 inches that fell on Jan. 21, 1943.
Oregon got between 40 and 70 inches of snow in the Cascade Range and is now at 99% of normal for snowpack and 97% of normal for precipitation.
Thanks primarily to lake-effect snow, the USA's snowiest big city is Syracuse, New York, which gets about 11 feet of snow per winter season, the National Weather Service said. It's also one of the ...
Snow in Portland, Oregon, on February 14, 2021. The winter storm was the second of the two snowstorms that swept through the region within a one-week period. 11.1 inches (28 cm) of snow in Seattle, Washington, compounded the previous storm. [48] This was the largest two-day snowfall recorded in Seattle since 1972. [49]
The multiyear drought that has gripped Oregon is at its lowest point since October 2019. As a whole, Oregon's snowpack is 104% of normal while precipitation is 105% of normal.
Portland (/ ˈ p ɔːr t l ə n d / PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated in the northwestern area of the state at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county.