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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
301 PM PDT TUE APR 12 2022

...RECORD LATEST SNOWFALL FOR PORTLAND METRO AREA...

A rare event occurred in the past 24 hours--April snow. A cold air 
mass along with the perfect trajectory of a low pressure system, 
brought heavy wet snow to the extreme corner of northwest Oregon and 
southwest Washington. Many areas around the Portland/Vancouver metro 
area received 2 to 4 inches of very wet heavy snow, with heavier 
amounts over the higher hills above 500 feet elevation. The weight 
of the snow snapped tree branches and brought many shrubs and bushes 
down to the ground. Breaking branches also brought down power lines,
especially for those on the hills around the metro area. 

While it is not uncommon to see snow on the higher hills around the 
region in April, it is indeed very rare to see snow down to the 
valley floor.  For much of the Portland/Vancouver metro area, this 
is the latest measureable snow in the spring. 


For PORTLAND AIRPORT (1941-2022), this snow was...    
    ** Most ever in the month of April, with   1.6 inches 
    ** Latest in spring to have more than a Trace of snow 
          (prior record was 0.3 inch on 25 March 1965) 
    ** Only time have had measureable snow in April 
  

For DOWNTOWN PORTLAND (1874-2022), this snow was...
    ** 2nd most snow recorded in April, with   2.0 inches
          (most was 5.4 inches back on 1 April 1936)   
    ** Latest in spring to have more than a Trace of snow
          (prior record was 0.1 inch on 10 April 1903)
    ** Only the 8th time measureable snow fell in April 


For TROUTDALE (1948-2022), this snow was...    
    ** Most ever in the month of April, with   ~3 inches
    ** Latest in spring to have more than a Trace of snow
          (prior record was 0.2 inch on 27 March 1950)
    ** Only time have had measureable snow in April
           
     
For VANCOUVER AIRPORT (1895-2022), this snow was...    
    ** Most ever in the month of April, with   2-3 inches
    ** Latest in spring to have more than a Trace of snow
          (prior record was 0.7 inch on 31 March 1936)
    ** Only time have had measureable snow in April 


For HILLSBORO AIRPORT (1929-2022), this snow was...    
    ** Most ever in the month of April, with    ~3 inches
    ** Latest in spring to have more than a Trace of snow
          (prior record was 2.5 inches on 1 April 1936)
    ** Only the 2nd time measureable snow fell in April

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NOTE:  Only the Portland Airport and Downtown Portland have onsite 
snow measurements.  The other stations (TROUTDALE, VANCOUVER and 
HILLSBORO) do not, and snowfall data for those sites were estimated 
based on nearby storm spotter and public reports. 

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