SXUS99 KPWM 100047 
     RERPWM

     RECORD EVENT REPORT
     NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
     744 PM EST SUN JAN 9 2000

     ...RECORD SNOWLESS SEASON CONTINUES IN PORTLAND...

     PORTLAND HAS YET TO RECEIVE ANY MEASURABLE SNOWFALL DURING THIS FALL
     AND WINTER SEASON.  THE PREVIOUS LATEST DATE FOR THE FIRST MEASURABLE
     SNOW WAS DECEMBER 24TH...1912.  RECORDS GO BACK TO 1882. 
     ALSO...PORTLAND HAS SURPASSED THE LATEST DATE ON RECORD TO GO WITHOUT A
     ONE INCH SNOWFALL.  THE OLD RECORD WAS JANUARY 7TH (OF 1958).

     RIGHT NOW...THE NEXT CHANCE FOR MEASURABLE SNOW DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE
     UNTIL THIS FRIDAY...JANUARY 14TH AS A FAST MOVING SYSTEM PASSES SOUTH
     OF CAPE COD.  WITH THAT IN MIND...HERE ARE A FEW MORE RECORDS FOR
     PORTLAND...

     LATEST DATE FOR...

     ONE INCH OF SNOW.......JANUARY 7 1958
     TWO INCHES OF SNOW.....JANUARY 26 1989
     THREE INCHES OF SNOW...MARCH 21 1937
     FOUR INCHES OF SNOW....MARCH 21 1937
     FIVE INCHES OF SNOW....NEVER OCCURRED IN 1988/89 AND 1996/97 SEASONS
     SIX INCHES OF SNOW.....NEVER OCCURRED IN 1988/89 AND 1996/97 SEASONS

     LEAST SNOWFALL EVER....THE 1979/80 SEASON (27.5 INCHES)

     JC