the Pacific Northwest throughout the 201718 winter. "In that era, if you weren't from New York, L.A. or London, you didn't exist. National Weather Service It was prehistoric-some place you just didn't want to be." Isolated from the centers of cosmopolitan cool, the locals made their own fun. Sometimes this reaches the surface, other times it is a layer aloft that creates an icy scene due to sleet. Please try another search. 5 Taylor and Hatton. January 1950 snow accumulation was the heaviest month since the beginning of weather record-keeping in 1890, according to the National Weather Service. January 2004 was the last significant ice storm. Those were the two record snow events for Portland. Submit Report Michael Lloyd/The Oregonian, Feb. 7, 2014--A dog and its owners make their way along Iron Mountain trail in Tryon Creek State Park, set between Lake Oswego and Portland, that was was turned into a wintry snow park. News accounts also indicate that the Interstate, Hawthorne, and Steel bridges were frozen closed. We are long overdo for one. Unless, the cold air is so potent from the Gorge, that we can withstand the rush of warmer air. Two record snow events were packaged into a 48-hour timeframe. Alberto Alonso Pujazon Bogani/PSU Vanguard. Even with a warming climate, we have to take into the consideration that we have the secret weapon of the Gorge. Grants account confirmed,The Columbia River is so much blocked up with ice that navigation is almost entirely prevented., Five years later in January 1857, The Oregonian wrote, The roofs of several buildings have been crushed by the weight of snow upon them. Storm Data. Don't put leaves in the street. Typically, Seattle hogged the glory when punk-or, courtesy of re-branding, "alternative rock"-boiled over in the early '90s. Portland was considered a logger's town. Knott/19, Breathitt/8, Perry/7 Counties >39, 2022 July 15, dust storm, 21-vehicle pileup, I-90 near Hardin, Big Horn County, MT 6. I remember that Hotel coming down, the plumes of red brickdust floating along. The highest temperature in the first ten days of the month at Portland Airport was 33F, and lows were in the teens. Since * Ominous signs of economic trouble on the horizon: Unemployment is inching upward, gas prices are soaring, tourism is down and inflation climbs to 15 percent. Briefing KGW meteorologist Matt Zaffino answers your questions about the forecast, the ice storm timeline and how it might impact holiday travel. Join us f, Portland needs a community approach to trash manag, Find it at 5th: The Traveler Beer is only 30 cents until 10 am. Oregon Weather Book: A State of Extremes. Corvallis: Oregon Sate University Press, 1999. That parked pickup with the downed tree across its bonnet is a 1958 GMC 150 Fleetside Long Bed and it appears to have come out of it much better than a pickup would to today; with its heavy steel bodywork. Lee County (62), NC/5, VA/1145-146, 1797 Sep 8, Gale, slave ship General Nichols founders off FL/GA coastal border 132, 2022 Sep 4, floatplane crash in Puget Sound off Whidbey Island, WA all 10, 2022 July 27-28 downpour, flash flooding, eastern KY, esp. Isolated from the centers of cosmopolitan cool, the locals made their own fun. The cold air was spreading through the northern Rockies, leading to cold air advection through the eastern side of Washington and Oregon. Portland, Oregon, Ice Storm. Each time a system moves in from the ocean, it typically brings in warmer air. var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, Portland, Oregon City Auditor - Official Web Site. Weather-Ready Nation -- David Greenwalddgreenwald@oregonian.com "And the guys working there just looked at each other and said, 'My God, another one!' "Storm freezes many activities in Portland." Daily-News-Miner, Fairbanks, AK, 1-20-1979, p. Three storms hit Oregon one after the other. Deadliest American Disasters and Large-Loss-of-Life Events, (10 or more lives lost with notable exceptions), 1979 Jan 9-10, Ice Storm, Portland, Multnomah County, OR 5, 2022 Sep 28-29, Hurricane Ian, FL (139-140), esp. This snowstorm, however, was spotty, and mostly affected outlying areas to the south of Portland city center, such as Canby and Aurora. Any editing, reproduction, publication, rebroadcast, public showing or public display may be prohibited by copyright laws. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) Freezing rain and ice coated much of Oregon and southwest Washington Sunday as a wicked winter storm continued its hold on the . * Retired painting contractor and carpet-layer Walter Powell and his son Michael join forces to form what amounts to a bookselling revolution-juxtaposing new and used titles on the same shelf. Drought Monitor We expect to see similar weather to last year when Portland was hit with. View other clips in this broadcast . cold and huge losses of livestock and other damage, and was remembered Out east, so much electric was pulled down. However, while the amount of snow has steadily decreased, snowstorms have suddenly recurred in the past few years. Radar The Portland International Airport was shut down for almost three full days, stranding thousands of passengers. Place leaves and other organic material in your green compost bin for curbside pickup. The final system that brought in rain, wasnt overly impressive, but the ground was freezing. Every morning before I got up Id see the flashes and hear the sound of transformers blowing, and then take my shower and eat breakfast by candlelight. Sorry, you have Javascript Disabled! It started with a rush of arctic air coming straight from the belly of the beast, the Columbia Basin. After 2 blocks of white knuckling, I turned around! Last year, Portland recorded 11.8 inches in January. SW Washington Street and SW 6th Avenue, circa 1962. (Historically, snowfall has been measured in two locations: downtown and at either the Portland airport or nearby at the NWS office on Northeast 122nd Ave.). ranging all up and down the West Coast, from Olympia, WA (23 degrees), the period from 1871 to 2010. silver storm : a coating of ice on trees and other exposed objects : GLAZE, The Dictionary of American Regional English entry for the phrase says its been known in Canada since 1770 and is especially used in Oregon and Washington. I tried to drive my Moms 1977 Monte Carlo down to the train station. So, to no one's surprise, the Oregon Department of "Justice" has requested that the Oregon Supreme Court overrule that decision and immediately ban standard ammo feeding devices and eliminate the one safeguard against abuse by the State Police when they refuse to complete background checks. The Columbia River is so much blocked up with ice that navigation is almost entirely prevented., wrote, The roofs of several buildings have been crushed by the, Several persons narrowly escaped with their lives., In 1924, the Willamette River froze over, an occurrence more rare than the Columbia freezing. Social Media Portland had winds as high as 90 miles per hour. The DOJ wants to criminalize the most common . Kids changed bands like sultans switch concubines, broke up, reunited, moved away, came back, grew up, dropped out-or not. Instagram: Oregonianmusic. temperature for January 1888 was an even 22.0 degrees F, which One December 1924 article stated, Old timers said this was the first time the river had presented such an arctic appearance in more than 40 years., In January 1949, The Oregonian ran the headline, Ice Floes Choke Columbia, Strain on Power Continues. Ice was threatening the Bonneville Dam, which in turn threatened the citys power. This is generally the first step to a recipe that is needed for winter weather in the Willamette Valley. Wind speeds of 100 to 115 mph were recorded along the Oregon Coast. This pickup was a victim of a winter storm that took place from January 9-10, 1979, and a photo in the Oregonian on January 11, 1979 shows this truck taken from the street side. 503-294-7625; @davidegreenwald The winters of both 1949 and 1950 A vicious ice storm closed down the Gorge in 2018. Rivers and Lakes of Portland snowfall by decade, beginning in 1871. Following weeks of speculation, political wrangling and tied council votes, City Commissioner Connie McCready succeeds Goldschmidt as mayor. Even far to the south of Portland, The Oregonian newspaper Last year, Portland recorded 11.8 inches in January. The combination of ice and gusty winds will lead to scattered power outages today and tonight. standing today, eg. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. But Portland bands like the Wipers, Dead Moon and Poison Idea did much of the blueprint work for the grunge revolution. The rest is scratched into Oregon history. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. How about long-term? It may not be as frequent, but it will still be a possibility. Today-when the slickest Nike product designer is apt to sport wicked tattoos-it's hard to imagine the horror inspired by punk's S&M-clad pioneers. second-coldest all-time low of 10 below was set on January 31, The event tells the story of what occurred from our perspective on the ground. 1950, the only cold even approaching these records was January As might be expected of a city where even the most restive kids relied on Parade for their subcultural news, Portland was nowhere near the cutting edge. Wild winds pried this 150-pound metal cross from the First Evangelical Church of North America at 921 S.W. how the snow had risen to 10 feet in the Calapooya Mountains, creating dangerous conditions for miners. Contact Information. 1933 also froze the Columbia, Seasons (Equinoxes/Solstices), Past Weather Heated Waterbeds. A winter season record of 52.9 inches of snow fell over the area and the average temperature during the winter was a record low of 14.1F. US Dept of Commerce 45 inches, a four-fold decrease, and one which The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. States that have never been beaten. January 1979 was a record breaking month in terms of both snowfall and arctic cold temperatures. With '60s idealism long gone rancid, punk's blaring sound and willfully obnoxious aesthetics found fertile soil in Oregon. Storm Spotters/Skywarn to Sacramento, Calif.(35 degrees)-- and even as far south as Douglas, Portland's all-time record low was set on February 2, 1950 at 3 below zero. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. Questions? Your email address will not be published. It was prehistoric-some place you just didn't want to be.". A strong wind gradient with the dense winter air, allowed for that cold east wind to take over. Climate Graphs Why? Quincy Scott illustation from the front page of The Oregonian on Feb. 9, 1933. * A solar eclipse darkens the Pacific Northwest for two minutes beginning at 8:13 on the morning of Feb. 26. Please select one of the following: Experimental Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook, American Meteorological Society Journal article from April 1979, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. of the cold and snow events in Portland's historic record, for The article went on to say, The Columbia River is frozen from shore to shore at Cascade LocksIce was closing downstream too, and steel-hulled towboats were venturing to make the barge runs from Portland to Camas.. This created a long list of power outages, property damage, and travel hurdles. in 2016 as "coldest ever." showed a pronounced and steady decline in Portland snowfall over The Columbia River was almost frozen over with icebergs floating down the middle. Climate/Almanac Data Glossary Lincoln and Tillamook County residents were forced to flee their homes because of widespread flooding. Whether you await this season with trepidation or excitement, lets take a look at some of the most severe winter weather in the Portland area. Lord Toby Jug, 53, British politician. Within the past ten years, the next-highest contender was the We started the day with bitter cold temperatures and high winds that knocked down trees and power lines. s); })(). However, the February 2021 ice storm was one of the most demanding ice storm to impact the Willamette Valley. in January 1949 was 21.0 degrees, and in January 1950 it was 21.2 "People were afraid civilization was creaking to an end," says Shirley, who led the bands Terror Wrist and SadoNation during Portland's first punk insurgency, before going on to write trailblazing science fiction. More than 100,000 homes had power outages. 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