It Actually Snowed in and Around Portland Today. Here’s What It Looked Like.

It didn't stick around long, but for about two hours or so, it at least made another day in quarantine seem different than the 5,897 (approx.) that preceded it.

By Matthew Singer
IMAGE: Mick Hangland-Skill.

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You weren't hallucinating: After a week of false promises, snow fell in Portland today.

There wasn't a lot of it—"a dusting to 1 inch" at lower elevations, according to the National Weather Service—and it didn't stick around long, but for about two hours or so, it at least made another day in quarantine seem different than the 5,897 (approx.) that preceded it.

WW photographer Mick Hangland-Skill was at a higher elevation—Mt. Scott in Clackamas—and snapped a few photos of the fleeting winter wonderland.

IMAGE: Mick Hangland-Skill.
IMAGE: Mick Hangland-Skill.
IMAGE: Mick Hangland-Skill.
IMAGE: Mick Hangland-Skill.
IMAGE: Mick Hangland-Skill.
IMAGE: Mick Hangland-Skill.
IMAGE: Mick Hangland-Skill.

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Matthew Singer

Matthew Singer

A native Southern Californian, former Arts & Culture Editor Matthew Singer ruined Portland by coming here in 2008. He is an advocate for the canonization of the Fishbone and Oingo Boingo discographies, believes pro-wrestling is a serious art form and roots for the Lakers. Fortunately, he left Portland for Tucson, Arizona, in 2021.

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