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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.
Average annual rainfall is 60.74 inches (1,543 mm) and there are an average of 138 days with measurable precipitation. The wettest year was 1996 with 95.35 inches (2,422 mm) and the driest year was 1976 with 31.69 inches (805 mm). The most rainfall in one month was 26.99 inches (686 mm) in November 1973. The greatest 24-hour rainfall was 6.25 ...
The heat-related death rate in the U.S. (heat being either an underlying or a contributing cause) has increased since the mid 2010s. [4] Between 1979 and 2014, the death rate as a direct result of exposure to heat (underlying cause of death) generally hovered around 0.5 to 1 deaths per million people, with spikes in certain years.
Over the contiguous United States, total annual precipitation increased at an average rate of 6.1 percent per century since 1900, with the greatest increases within the East North Central climate region (11.6 percent per century) and the South (11.1 percent). Hawaii was the only region to show a decrease (−9.25 percent). [89]
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The Oregon state medical examiner said 116 people have now died from last month's heat wave in The Pacific Northwest. Portland hit a record high of 116 degrees and heat related deaths are climbing.
Rogue River continues to see high death rate. For the second year in a row, southern Oregon's Rogue River saw a number of fatal boating incidents. Three people died on the river in both 2022 and 2023.
Average rainfall over area of 60 mi 2 measured at 10-15 inches (380 mm), over 6 hours in middle of night June 9–10, 1972. 235 1888 Schoolhouse Blizzard: Winter storm Midwestern United States: 230 1996 TWA Flight 800: Accident – aircraft Long Island, New York: 229–600 2021 2021 Western North America heat wave: Heat wave Pacific Northwest