First snow 2026-27 ยท Portland, OR
When does Portland get its first snow?
None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Jan 10.
- This winter
- None yet
- Normal date
- Jan 10 (1991-2020 median)
- Earliest on record
- Oct 5, 1950
- Latest on record
- Mar 15, 1946
- Record since
- 1940 (83 winters)
- Station
- Portland International Airport
- Snow so far
- 0 in
Common questions
When does Portland get its first snow?
Around Jan 10. That is the median date of the first measurable snow (at least 0.1 inch of snow (a trace does not count)) at Portland International Airport over the 1991-2020 winters, our calculation from NOAA's record.
Has Portland had its first snow this winter?
None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Jan 10.
What is the earliest first snow on record in Portland?
Oct 5, 1950, in a record that goes back to 1940.
What is the latest first snow on record in Portland?
Mar 15, 1946.
Every winter on record
| Season | Date | Snow |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | None | |
| 2024-25 | Feb 13 | 1.3 in |
| 2023-24 | Jan 13 | 1.6 in |
| 2022-23 | Dec 4 | 0.1 in |
| 2021-22 | Dec 18 | 0.2 in |
| 2020-21 | Feb 11 | 0.1 in |
| 2019-20 | Mar 14 | 0.5 in |
| 2018-19 | Feb 4 | 0.6 in |
| 2017-18 | Dec 24 | 1 in |
| 2016-17 | Dec 8 | 0.5 in |
| 2015-16 | Dec 27 | 0.1 in |
| 2014-15 | None | |
| 2013-14 | Dec 6 | 0.5 in |
| 2012-13 | None | |
| 2011-12 | Jan 17 | 1.3 in |
| 2010-11 | Nov 22 | 0.3 in |
| 2009-10 | Dec 29 | 2.5 in |
| 2008-09 | Dec 14 | 1 in |
| 2007-08 | None | |
| 2006-07 | Jan 10 | 0.5 in |
| 2005-06 | Dec 19 | 1.2 in |
| 2004-05 | None | |
| 2003-04 | Nov 19 | 0.6 in |
| 2002-03 | None | |
| 2001-02 | Jan 27 | 0.3 in |
| 2000-01 | Dec 12 | 0.1 in |
| 1999-00 | Jan 11 | 1 in |
| 1998-99 | Dec 24 | 2 in |
| 1997-98 | Jan 10 | 2.5 in |
| 1996-97 | None | |
| 1995-96 | Jan 18 | 1.5 in |
| 1994-95 | Nov 17 | 0.1 in |
| 1993-94 | Feb 9 | 0.6 in |
| 1992-93 | Dec 7 | 0.7 in |
| 1991-92 | None | |
| 1990-91 | Dec 18 | 0.3 in |
| 1989-90 | Feb 6 | 0.4 in |
| 1988-89 | Jan 31 | 0.9 in |
| 1987-88 | Dec 16 | 1.5 in |
| 1986-87 | Dec 13 | 0.1 in |
| 1985-86 | Nov 17 | 0.6 in |
| 1984-85 | Dec 17 | 0.4 in |
| 1983-84 | Dec 2 | 1 in |
| 1982-83 | None | |
| 1981-82 | Dec 31 | 2 in |
| 1980-81 | None | |
| 1979-80 | Jan 7 | 2 in |
| 1978-79 | Nov 19 | 3 in |
| 1977-78 | Nov 18 | 0.2 in |
| 1976-77 | None | |
| 1975-76 | None | |
| 1974-75 | Feb 1 | 0.1 in |
| 1973-74 | None | |
| 1972-73 | Dec 5 | 1.5 in |
| 1971-72 | Dec 8 | 1.5 in |
| 1970-71 | Dec 20 | 1 in |
| 1969-70 | None | |
| 1968-69 | Dec 18 | 1 in |
| 1967-68 | Dec 19 | 2.4 in |
| 1966-67 | None | |
| 1965-66 | Mar 1 | 0.4 in |
| 1964-65 | Dec 18 | 2.7 in |
| 1963-64 | None | |
| 1962-63 | Jan 13 | 0.6 in |
| 1961-62 | Dec 12 | 0.3 in |
| 1960-61 | None | |
| 1959-60 | Jan 8 | 3.2 in |
| 1958-59 | Jan 5 | 0.9 in |
| 1957-58 | None | |
| 1956-57 | Dec 5 | 0.5 in |
| 1955-56 | Nov 11 | 1.1 in |
| 1954-55 | Dec 27 | 0.4 in |
| 1953-54 | Jan 15 | 0.3 in |
| 1952-53 | None | |
| 1951-52 | Dec 26 | 0.6 in |
| 1950-51 | Oct 5 | 0.2 in |
| 1949-50 | Dec 18 | 0.2 in |
| 1948-49 | Jan 1 | 0.2 in |
| 1947-48 | Jan 31 | 0.9 in |
| 1946-47 | Nov 20 | 0.5 in |
| 1945-46 | Mar 15 | 0.6 in |
| 1942-43 | Dec 6 | 2 in |
| 1941-42 | None |
Sources
- Daily low temperature and snowfall, threaded station records (ThreadEx), NOAA Regional Climate Centers, Applied Climate Information System (ACIS)