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White Christmas Chances

Probability of a White Christmas

Location Prob. of getting 0.1 inch or more Prob. of seeing some flakes in sky

Portland

0.8 %

7.0 %

Eugene

1.1 %

5.5 %

Redmond

21 %

44 %

Astoria

0.01 %

0.1 %


History of White Christmas In Portland...
It is rare. Between 1940 and 2003, snowflakes have fallen on the Metro area only 5 times on Christmas day, and only 5 times on Christmas Eve. However, including old downtown Portland records, the snowiest Christmases were:
1937 (1.3 inches) and 1884 (0.9 inch).
Snowfall at Portland Int'l Airport (since 1940)
December 24th... December 25th...
  • 1998 (2.0 inches)
  • 1990 (0.3 inch)
  • 1983 (0.3 inch)
  • 1974, 1988 (Trace)
    		•  No measureable fell.
    Trace recorded on years:
  • 1990, 1983, 1965, 1954, and 1952

    		• History of White Christmas in the Eugene/Springfield Area....
    It is rare. Between 1931 and 2003, snowflakes have fallen on the Eugene/Springfield area only 4 times on Christmas day, and only 5 times on Christmas Eve.

    Snowfall at Eugene Airport (since 1931)
    December 24th... December 25th...
  • 1983 (2.1 inches)
  • 1948 (1.0 inch)
  • 1937, 1954, and 1965 (Trace of snow )
    		•
  • 1983 (0.8 inch)
  • 1952, 1954, and 1965 (trace of snow)
  • 1990, snow still on ground from earlier storm
    		•
    National Data on Probabilities of White Christmas...

    You can access more data and climatic atlases from the National Climatic Data Center      		Today's USA Snow Cover
    [yesterday or archived images]
    map of current snowfall

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