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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 amount of snow received at weather stations varies substantially from year to year. For example, the annual snowfall at Paradise Ranger Station in Mount Rainier National Park has been as little as 266 inches (680 cm) in 2014-2015 and as much as 1,122 inches (2,850 cm) in 1971–1972. [2]
The snow, however, was also accompanied by frigid temperatures such as the −15.2 °C (5 °F) on the 20th, which broke the daily low temperature record at the airport which is situated at sea level. It happened to be the coldest temperature recorded in December for 40 years; dating back to the −17.8 °C (0 °F) on the 29th in 1968. [4]
In Seattle, after the storm passed, a record low high temperature of 35 °F (2 °C) was set on February 23, breaking the record from the previous year, while a record low temperature of 22 °F (−6 °C) was set the next morning. [78] In Spokane, the high on February 23 was also a record, at only 16 °F (−9 °C). [79]
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.
Further south, 4.2 in (11 cm) of snow fell in Baltimore and 3.7 in (9.4 cm) of snow fell in Washington D.C. [56] The snow in DC led to a ground stop at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Further north, despite a travel advisory in New York City, only 0.4 in (1.0 cm) of snow fell, with 1.3 in (3.3 cm) of snow at LaGuardia Airport.
Last year, Rochester finished dead last among the five participating cities with only 50.4 inches of snowfall. Rochester last won the Golden Snowball for the winter of 2011-12, with 59.9 inches ...
The January 2012 Pacific Northwest snowstorm was a large extratropical cyclone that brought record snowfall to the Pacific Northwest in January 2012. [1] The storm produced very large snowfall totals, reaching up to 50 inches (1,300 mm) in Oregon. [2] A 110 mph (180 km/h) wind gust was reported at Otter Rock, Oregon. [3]