Probability of a White Christmas

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]

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