Rare Snowstorm Blankets the Coast

A typical winter at the beach results in little or no snowfall. Sure some flurries may fly when the chilly winter air dips down from Canada, but generally snow is a fleeting event on our typically mild coast. 2021 decided things would be different as the year went out with cold temps and sometimes heavy snowfall on the peninsula beaches.

My sister's home in Oysterville saw snow depths of more than four inches at times last week. Starting on Christmas Day and all the way through to the new year, storm after storm, system after system, brought snow rather than rain to the normally wet coast. 

The real oddity was having snow on the ground for a whole week. That is not strange for the inland locations this time of year but at the beach? Yeah definitely an unusual display and a wild way to end a wild year.

2022 started out a little more "normal" as temps jumped up into the mid 40s and buckets of rain replaced all that snow with good ole water puddles. The next few weeks should provide some excellent storm watching opportunities and as always be very careful; the Pacific Ocean will literally eat you if you are not cautious.