2007-’08 Historical Winter Snow in the Cascades and Eastern Washington
WSDOT photo of a snow covered RXtreme truck that is used to help push large trucks stuck in the snow. According to WSDOT, as of January 31, 2008 Snoqualmie Pass received five feet of snow in the last five days.
Read moreDecember 1-3, 2007 intense rainfall leads to record flooding around western Washington
Western Washington radar estimated total storm precipitation for the period 05 UTC December 1, 2007 through 06 UTC December 4, 2007.
December 1st marked the first in a series of 3 storms to move over the Pacific Northwest from December 1-3, 2007.
2006 Record November Rainfall
500mb geopotential height anomalies the last 30-days showing the anomalous trough over the Gulf of Alaska that has been producing the rainy weather.
After one of the driest summers in state history, record setting rainfall fell throughout western Washington.
Washington state parched by one of the driest summers ever
Western Washington’s reputation as a soggy bastion for the web-footed is taking a beating this year, thanks to an unrelenting dry spell. And typically arid Eastern Washington is even more parched than usual.
Read moreWashington 2006 Top 10 Weather & Climate Events
For additional information and pictures of each of these events, download the slide show (4.4mb PDF file) that was presented at the 2007 Northwest Weather Workshop.
10. November Windstorms (Spokane)
According to the Spokane NWS office, November was the windiest November since 1990.