Average Snowfall for Oregon in March

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during March at cities and other locations in Oregon. The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres) this month.

The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Willamette Valley, Cascade Mountains, Central Oregon and Eastern Oregon. The Oregon Coast normally does not get snow in March.

Willamette Valley

March snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
0.3 Corvallis 0.1 0.3
0.3 Portland 0.1 0.3

Cascade Mountains

Average snow for March
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
15.4 Crater Lake Park 71.9 182.6
0.8 Detroit Lake Dam 0.9 2.3
9.2 Government Camp 35.6 90.4
0.2 Grants Pass 0.1 0.3
7.3 Howard Prairie Lake Dam 16.0 40.6
3.1 Lakeview 5.3 13.5
0.3 Medford 0.2 0.5
0.0 Roseburg 0.0 0.0
0.2 Three Lynx 0.5 1.3
0.7 Toketee Falls 1.8 4.6
5.6 Wickiup Reservoir Dam 8.4 21.3

Central Oregon

Average total snowfall in March
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
1.2 Bend 1.5 3.8
0.3 Hood River 0.7 1.8
0.6 Madras 1.2 3.0
0.2 The Dalles 0.1 0.3

Eastern Oregon

Average total snowfall in March
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
0.6 Heppner 0.9 2.3
1.3 La Grande 0.8 2.0
0.1 Lake Owyhee Dam 0.1 0.3
1.2 Pendleton 1.0 2.5
0.5 Summer Lake 0.5 1.3
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

Oregon Snowfall
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