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The snowstorms were responsible for the greatest December snowfall in Portland, Oregon, in 40 years [10] (the snowiest December in Portland was 1884, with more than 31 inches (79 cm) [10] of snow). The City of Portland reported spending an estimated $2.17 million on snow removal, deicing of roads, and employee overtime due to the record ...
Glaciers remain year-round on some Cascade peaks higher than 7,000 feet (2,100 m) above sea level. [3] Annual snowfall along the coastal plain averages 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.6 cm) a year, including years with none. Further inland, between the Coast Range and the Cascades, snowfall generally averages from 5 to 10 inches (13 to 25 cm) a year.
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.
There are different snow reporting sites within New Orleans, but the oldest records from a sub-station that's no longer in service reported 10 inches of snow in 1895, and 14.4 inches in 1909.
The 6.1 in (15 cm) of snowfall in Portland, Oregon on February 12 ties the airport monthly record of 6.1 in (15 cm) set Feb 19, 1993. [106] The event proved to be historic for the Portland metropolitan area in the month of February. Some areas in Oregon saw up to 1.5 in (38 mm) of ice accretion. [107]
This was the largest two-day snowfall recorded in Seattle since 1972. [50] The Portland metro area was hit very hard by the storm, which brought a mix of snow and ice to the region. [49] 9.4 inches (24 cm) of snow fell at Portland International Airport on February 12–13, the most snow to fall over this city in a two-day period since 1968. [50]
Satellite image of the 1993 Storm of the Century, the highest-ranking NESIS storm Snow drifts from the North American blizzard of 1996 A car almost completely buried in snow following the January 2016 United States blizzard Surface weather analysis of the Great Blizzard of 1888 on March 12 Snowfall from the North American blizzard of 2007 in Vermont