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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.
The wet start to 2024 has already put Oregon’s drought map at its lowest levels since 2019. That trend should only continue with the rain and boost to Oregon’s snowpack. Oregon’s snowpack is ...
As a whole, Oregon's snowpack is 104% of normal while precipitation is 105% of normal. Oregon actually had more snow in the mountains a year ago, but precipitation levels were lower last year.
Snowpack decline over time in Oregon and surrounding states. Climate change in Oregon encompasses the effects of climate change, attributed to man-made increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, in the U.S. state of Oregon. The United States Environmental Protection Agency reports: "Oregon's climate is changing. Over the past century, most of the ...
Oregon has a wide range of temperatures, though the extremes are rare. [3] The highest was recorded on July 29, 1898, in Hermiston, Oregon, and again on August 10, 1898, in both Pendleton, Oregon and Redmond, Oregon, and once more on June 29, 2021, at Pelton Dam. All are east of the Cascades, when the temperature reached 119 °F (48 °C). [6]
The mountain's snowpack usually lasts through May. Annual precipitation averages 40 to 65 inches (100 to 170 cm), mostly from snowfall. This is the highest average precipitation in the Klamath Ecological Province, which includes western Lake County and southern Klamath County in south-central Oregon extending south into Siskiyou and Modoc ...
Oregon’s snow and water supply is in good shape as the weather turns warm and sunny over the next week. The latest storm boosted the state’s mountain snowpack to 109% of normal and continued ...
SNOTEL is an automated system of snowpack and related climate sensors operated by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) of the United States Department of Agriculture in the Western United States. There are over 900 SNOTEL (or snow telemetry) sites in 11 states, including Alaska.