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Valdez, Alaska, picked up almost two feet of snow (47.5 inches) in just 24 hours, a record for the town. When the storm was over, 64.9 inches of snow buried Valdez in less than 2 days.
Thompson Pass is a 2,600 foot-high (855 meter-high) gap in the Chugach Mountains northeast of Valdez, Alaska. [1] It is the snowiest weather station in Alaska, recording 500 inches or 13 metres of snow per year on average. [2]
Valdez, Alaska. Average yearly snowfall: 325.3 inches. Average snowiest month: December (70.5 inches) Record snowiest day: Jan. 16, 1990 (47.5 inches) Record snow depth: April 15, 1929 (135 inches)
Lake Helen at Mount Lassen [10] and Kalmia Lake in the Trinity Alps are estimated to receive 600-700 inches of snow per year. Tamarack in Calaveras County holds the record for the deepest snowfall on earth (884 inches (2,250 cm)). 5. Alaska: Valdez: 314.1 inches (798 cm) 95 feet (29 m)
The Gulf of Alaska generates powerful winter storms which drive heavy precipitation northwards into southern and Southcentral Alaska, including the Chugach Mountains. [9] More snow falls in the vicinity of Valdez—an average annual snowfall of 279 inches (709 cm)—than in any other location in the United States. [10]
On Today's Date: America's Snowiest City, Valdez, Alaska, Buried. Think you see a lot of snow? This Alaska city was clobbered 35 years ago today. Advertisement. NY Post 11 hours ago
The Valdez Marine Terminal is an oil port in Valdez, at the southern end of the Alaska Pipeline. The terminal was the point of departure for the Exxon Valdez just prior to the oil spill. There are 14 active aboveground crude oil storage tanks at the terminal, and an average of three to five oil tankers depart from the terminal each week. Since ...
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