Oh, what a year 2017 was weather-wise; something for everyone. And boy did we have some extreme weather. Let’s do a quick review.
Who can forget January 2017 with that extended cold snap that gave us highs on some days below freezing? We had snow, freezing rain and almost everything in between. Rain changed to snow on the evening of Jan. 10 and it snowed all night with anywhere from 4 to 14 inches of snow on the ground. The highest amounts were in the Felida and Salmon Creek areas with 14 inches. Then we had freezing rain and ice.
February wasn’t to be outdone with freezing rain on the 3rd then mild and local flooding on the 15th and 16th. We ended up with 10.38 inches of rain in Vancouver, for our wettest February ever.
March was a blustery month with heavy rains and a EF0 tornado in the Covington and Orchards area on the 24th. Rainfall in Vancouver was 7.05 inches, double the normal.
