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Heavy Snow in Olympics, Washington

Heavy Snow December 22, 2021 – December 26, 2021 · Olympics, Washington

What the National Weather Service wrote

Periods of heavy snowfall spanned across of several day period across the Olympics from Dec 22-Dec 26. Heavy snow began during the late evening hours on Dec 22nd and accumulated rapidly (according to reports from Hurricane Ridge) through Dec 23rd. Snow then finally tapered on Dec 26th.

The wider storm

A series of storm systems amidst a much colder airmass over the Pacific Northwest yielded a long duration mountain snow event, affecting both the Cascades and the Olympics.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 998619. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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