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ENVS 399: Topics in Environ Science: Notable Dates

Notable OR Wildfires

Notable Snow / Ice OR Storms

Portland Airport  &
Downtown Portland


Ice Storms Date
  Jan. 2004  
  Dec. 2016
  Dec. 8, 2017
  Jan. 7, 2017
  Jan. 13-17, 2020
  Feb. 14, 2021
  Dec. 22, 2022
  Jan. 13 & 15, 2024

 

Snowfall     Date
12.4" Dec. 16, 1884
14" Dec. 22, 1892  
15" Jan. 2, 1902
13.5" Dec. 10, 1919
12.8" Feb. 1, 1937
15.5" Jan. 21 1943
10.60" Jan. 13-4, 1950
12" Feb. 12, 1995
11.8" Jan. 10-11, 2017

Source: National Weather Service


Wind Storms   Date
  1880
 Columbus Day Storm 1962, Oct 12
  1979, Feb 13
  1981, Nov 13-15
  1995, Dec 12
  2002, Feb 7
  2007, Dec 1 & 4
  2013, Sep 28-29
  2014, Dec 11
  2016, Oct 15
  2021, Oct 24

Source: Wikipedia.com

Notable OR Heat Waves

2021 June 29 (119°F) - Pelton Dam, Jefferson County

2021 June 26 (108°F), June 27 (112°F), June 28 (115°F) - Portland Airport

2021 June 27 (113°F), June 28 (117°F) - Salem

2020 July 20 (109°F) - Roseburg

2006 June 27 (109°F), June 28 (114°F), July 21 (108°F) - Hillsboro

1981 June 27 (111°F), August 9, (108°F) - Eugene

1981 August 8 & 10 (107°F) - Portland (Airport)

1981 June 27 (113°F), June 28 (117°F), August 9 (108°F) - Salem 

1977 June 27 (109°F), June 28 (109°F), August 18 (108°F) - Hood River

1977 June 26 (109°F), June 27 (112°F), June 28 (116°F), August 17 (108°F) - Troutdale

1972 June 27 (108°F), June 28 (110°F), June 29 (112°F), August 7 (107°F) - Redmond

1965 July 30 (107°F) - Portland (Airport)

1961 June 28 (113°F), August 8 (113°F) - Pendleton

1961 August 5 (113°F), June 27-28 (114°F), June 29 (118°F) - Hermiston

1946 June 27 (114°F), August 15 (109°F) - Roseburg

1946 June 28 (115°F), July 20 (115°F) - Medford

1942 June 27 (101°F), July 1 (101°F) Astoria

1942 June 27(110°F), June 28 (114°F) July 2 (107°F) - Portland (Downtown)

1936 July 21 (98°F) - Bend

1928 June 28 (108°F), June 29 (109°) - Bend

1925 June 24 (110°F), June 27 (111°F), June 28 (114°F) - McMinnville

1905 June 27 (98°F), July 8 (109°F) - Corvallis

 

Source: National Weather Service

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