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Following an October that was milder than normal in Alaska, it turned brutally cold in parts of The Last Frontier this week. Subzero cold is not uncommon for interior Alaska in early November, but ...
Temperatures will be seasonal for this time of year, with highs in the mid 40s. StormTracker 59 Travel Forecast Sunday will be wet, with the passage of another system scooting through.
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)
Owing to the rain shadow of the coastal mountains, south-central Alaska does not get nearly as much rain as the southeast of Alaska, though it does get more snow with up to 300 inches (7.62 m) at Valdez and much more in the mountains. On average, Anchorage receives 16 inches (410 mm) of precipitation a year, with around 75 inches (1.91 m) of snow.
The foothills saw a few reports of snow totals in excess of 36 inches (91 cm), with Black Hawk receiving 48 inches (120 cm) of accumulation. Lesser but still significant snowfall fell over parts of Nebraska from North Platte to near Omaha. Wind gusts of over 40 miles per hour (64 km/h) were observed across eastern Colorado and Nebraska.
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On March 17, 2002, there was a storm that caused 28.6 in of snow to close schools for two days. [11] The storm broke the city record for the most snowfall in a single day. The storm beat the previous record from 1955 on March 16, which was just 15.6 inches. The National Weather Service also recorded this same snow data. [12]