By Rod Hill on 2010-12-31
December 2010 at PDX will finish with 8.35" of precipitation, including a trace of snow. Normal for the month is 5.71". Our water year total ( since Oct. 1st) is 18.85", which is +4.60" above normal to date.
Timberline reports 307" of total snowfall this season. Last season, the lodge did not receive 300" of snow until March 1st! The first snow survey taken yesterday, measured a snow depth of 92" at 5,400 feet on Mt. Hood. The snow would melt into 26.8" of water. The amount is 6% above normal to date - not as much as you may have thought.
All precipitation outlooks continue to call for above normal moisture through the month of March. December became the 4th consecutive month of above normal precipitation for PDX.
Daily Mt. Hood resort snow reports can be found on the Ski Forecast Page.
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