It’s been way too long since we’ve done a poll. How about this…Will it Snow in Portland this Winter? Yes, I know we’ve had a few close calls but no actual accumulation yet here in the city.
- The official observing site is in Parkrose at the NWS Office.
- They have recorded a TRACE 4 times, but nothing measurable (.1″ or more).
- Dec 15th & 31st, Jan 10th & 14th were the traces.
Here are the snow totals for the past 13 winters here in Portland:
Most of last winter’s total was in March. In 3 of the past 5 winters we have seen measurable snow in March. However, in the previous 13, it only snowed once! Interesting eh?
By the way, to make things a bit more fair for the non-weather watcher, I don’t see a snow producing pattern in the next 7-10 days. At least very few models are showing that.
Chief Meteorologist Mark Nelsen