More Snow for Oregon Coast Range - Portland, Vancouver, Salem Get Colder Later This Week

Published 02/03/25 at 4:29 a.m.
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff

(Tillamook, Oregon) – Snow, snow and more snow: that's what's coming to even the lower elevations of Oregon and Washington this week, including a good chance of light snow on the north Oregon and south Washington coastline later in the week. It's not expected to stick at the lower elevations, but the Cascades and Coast Range will get quite the helping. (Photo ODOT: Neskowin area)

A variety of winter storm warnings and advisories from the National Weather Service (NWS) expire late Monday morning, with just about all of the northwest corner of Oregon and southwestern Washington seeing snow higher up. Snow already impacted traffic to the north Oregon coast at one point Sunday, and more of that could be on the way.

On the south Oregon coast, there is a freeze warning overnight on Monday into Tuesdau, for areas just inland as well as towns such as Coos Bay, Reedsport, Port Orford, Nesika Beach, and North Bend.

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“Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 degrees expected,” the NWS said.

Oregon Coast. For many areas (such as Lincoln City), Monday sees a likely chance of rain and snow showers early in the day and then again in the overnight hours. Tuesday is similar, with up to 1 to 2 inches of snow possible. On Wednesday, mostly rain kicks back in but some thunder is possible as well.

A snowy Lincoln City (Nelscott) in the '40s with its "lighthouse" - courtesy North Lincoln County Historical Museum

Overnight lows get a little higher later in the week for the north coast and south Washington beaches, such as Pacific City, Newport, Manzanita and Seaside. Some amounts of light snow are possible.

On the southern beaches, temps warm up after Tuesday and the area sees only rain.

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The NWS said routes to the coastline will actually get colder from Wednesday through the weekend with snow levels dropping considerably.

“More frequent and heavier showers are forecast along the coast, Coast Range, and Willapa Hills, so these areas could receive higher snow amounts depending on where the showers pass through,” the NWS said. “Temperatures get colder Tuesday through the end of the week, with continuing chances for light lowland snow showers. However, forecast snow amounts remain uncertain.”

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Vancouver / Portland / Willamette Valley. Snow levels wander from 200 to 400 feet in the overnight hours of Monday through Wednesday, but likely creating little to no issues in urban regions. However, things get a little crazier after Wednesday.

“Overnight and morning low temperatures are expected to fall to the mid to upper 20s across most of the area west of the Cascades, with a 20-50% chance of temperatures falling below 25 degrees,” the NWS said. “However, the far northern Oregon Coast Range, Willapa Hills, and SW Washington lowlands could be closer to teens to low 20s with a 50-80% chance of temperatures falling below 25 degrees.”

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Andre' GW Hagestedt is editor, owner and primary photographer / videographer of Oregon Coast Beach Connection, an online publication that sees over 1 million pageviews per month. He is also author of several books about the coast.

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