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Final March 2012 PDX precipitation was 7.89".  This total becomes the all-time March record for PDX.  (Records began in 1941.)  The old record was 7.52" back in 1957.  The all-time record for all Portland locations, dating back to 1871 is 12.76", which fell in the year 1873.  I have received several...

    Today, March 21st becomes the 6th day of at least a trace of snow this month at PDX.  The record for March days with measurable snowfall is 8, back in 1951.  The latest in the season to record a trace of snow on the ground is April 9th, back in 1980.   The 7.5" on the ground in Eugene becomes...

Who can forget March of 2011.  PDX set records for the number of days with measurable rainfall at 28 & number of consecutive days with rain at 23.  Total precipitation for the month was 6.43", which was good for 5th place on the all-time list.  The wettest March at PDX, (records date to 1941), was 7...

LOCATION SNOW (IN) DURATION REPORT TIME --------------------------------------------------------------------- ...COAST... TILLAMOOK,OR...............8.5 8 HR 0115 AM PDT 03/13 NEWPORT,OR.................6.0 6 HR 0102 AM PDT 03/13...

With a dusting of snow last week, the National Weather Service recorded .3" of snow in the record book and talk of another possible dusting this Monday night and Tuesday morning, here is the list of late season snow events:  1.  Latest in the season major snowfall:  7.6" of snow, March 7-8th 1951...

  The 6.0 magnitude earthquake Tuesday, 152 miles west of Bandon, Oregon was the latest quake in the most active quake zone close to the west coast.  In fact, the Blanco Transform Fault Zone has triggered some 1,500 earthquakes over the past 40 years.  Back in 2008, the zone produced a swar...

Groundhog day is famous for figuring out if winter is almost gone or plans on sticking around.  Locally, a lack of fog this morning means, local critters likely saw their shadows and returned to their holes, signaling at least 6 more weeks of winter. Even if true, that means spring would begin on ti...

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER NORTHWEST OREGON. BELOW ARE SOME OF THE RAINFALL TOTALS RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. REPORTS COLLECTED BETWEEN: 0700 AM PST 01/17/2012 AND 1225 PM PST 01/19/2012 LOCATION RAIN (IN) DURATION REPORT TIME ------------...

Watching the following rivers: 1.  Luckiamute, near Suver      FS 27 Ft / 7:00 a.m. Friday 32.2' & receding, below flood stage Sunday morning.  (Crest 34.2' Thu. Evening) 2.   Marys River, near Philomath       FS  20 Ft / 7:00 a.m. Friday 20.1' & steady, below flood stage Sunday morning. 3.  Pu...

NEW SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE FOLLOWING IS A BRIEF SUMMARY OF VARIOUS NEW SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. ALL REPORTS ARE APPROXIMATELY 24-HOUR TOTALS ENDING AT 600 AM PST UNLESS NOTED. LOCATION SNOW (IN) REMARKS ---...