Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Scappoose, OR

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Scappoose Ind Airport, OR, 3 miles east of Scappoose at 55 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 54°F; December is the coolest, at 46°F and 34°F. December is the wettest at 7.3 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.5 inches; the year adds up to 42.4 inches over 96 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 14 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 61 nights a year. That 42.4 inches is more than at 38 of the 77 Oregon stations used on this site (49%). North Plains, 10 miles southwest, has its own station (Portland-Hillsboro Airport, OR): 36.1 inches a year, 6.3 less than here, and the same August average high, 82°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Longview, WA, 23 miles north, averaged 72°F in August and 42°F in February over 2021–2025. No month averaged 80°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 5 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Scappoose: 4 thunderstorm wind reports and 1 heavy rain event. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $1,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 69 mph, on April 22, 2005.

Flood insurance policyholders in Scappoose's ZIP code 97056 have filed 32 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1986, and were paid $369,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1996: 12 claims (38% of all) and $124,000. 50% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 77 Oregon cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 39 have fewer than Scappoose.