Annual Oregon rainfall, severe weather and climate data

Driest location ranked by lowest annual average precipitation: Fields, southeastern Oregon, 6.55"

Wettest location ranked by highest annual average precipitation: Valsetz, northwestern Oregon, 127.71"

Snowiest location ranked by highest annual average snowfall: Crater Lake, southwestern Oregon, 529.9"

State precipitation record for 24 hours - Port Orford, southwestern Oregon, 11/19/1996, 11.65"

State precipitation record for 1 year - Laurel Mountain, northwestern Oregon, 1996, 204.12"

State snowfall record for 24 hours - Bonneville Dam, northwestern Oregon, 1/9/1980, 39.0"

State snow record for 1 season - Crater Lake, southwestern Oregon, 1949-1950, 903.0"

Astoria, Oregon is the third wettest city in the United States with an annual average of 69.60" inches while 
Burns, Oregon is one of the driest cities with only 10.57" average annual precipitation.

The average annual rainfall in Oregon varies from as much as 200 inches at points along the upper west 
slopes of the Coast Range to less than eight inches in Plateau regions

Oregon temperature averages and extremes, precipitation and temperature data for all U.S. states and Top 10 U.S. climate extremes
Data sources: National Climatic Data Center, severe thunderstorm / tornado watch data period is 1999 - 2008, NOAA Storm Prediction Center

City	Avg Annual Precip	Avg Annual Snow	Avg. days of Precip	Avg # thunderstorm days	Avg # hail days	Avg # severe thunderstorm watches per year	Avg # tornado watches per year	# of tornadoes reported in county, 1960-2010
Astoria	67.13	4.3	190	7	0	0	0	5
Burns	10.57	41.3	96	14	0	0	1	5
Eugene	50.90	6.4	137	5	0	0	0	5
Medford	18.37	7.3	101	9	1	0	0	0
Pendleton	12.76	17.0	98	10	0	0	2	5
Portland	37.07	6.5	151	7	1	0	0	3
Salem	40.00	6.6	146	5	0	0	0	8
Sexton Summit	33.18	97.8	126	6	0	0	0	0
Oregon Annual Precipitation Average - 27.55", 36th wettest in the U.S. Oregon Tornado Average - 1.0 per year - 44th most in the U.S.