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Residents of Fairbanks, Alaska, dealt with “blizzard conditions” in some locations on Wednesday, December 29, as heavy wind and snow whipped the area.The severe weather impacting Fairbanks ...
Fans typically love to watch a snow game, when an outdoor non-snow sport like soccer or football is played during a snow storm. Players and coaches, however, aren't usually as enthused.
The city of Anchorage, Alaska, could see its snowiest November ever – and the snowfall so far this month has already spelled misery for residents, quickly burying roads and prompting an ...
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]
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.
[49] [48] Snow occasionally arrives early and in large amounts. On September 13, 1992, 8 inches (20 cm) of snow fell in the city, bending trees still laden with fall leaves. That September was also one of the snowiest on record, as 24 inches (61 cm) fell, compared to the 1991-2020 median of only a trace during the month.
In an average November in Anchorage, Alaska, residents can expect to see a little over 12 inches of snow over the course of the month. Last week, in the span of two days, more than twice the much ...
Eagle Summit is a 3,652 feet (1,113 m)-tall gap through the White Mountains of central Alaska. [1] The gap was named after the nearby Eagle River by prospectors from nearby Circle, Alaska. [1] Eagle Summit is the site of a convergence zone between the Yukon Flats to the north and the low ground of the Tanana Valley to the south.