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Residents of Alaska’s capital were digging out Wednesday after back-to-back winter storms brought the city’s snowfall totals for the month to near-record levels, leaving some parked cars ...
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 ...
The amount of snow received at weather stations varies substantially from year to year. For example, the annual snowfall at Paradise Ranger Station in Mount Rainier National Park has been as little as 266 inches (680 cm) in 2014-2015 and as much as 1,122 inches (2,850 cm) in 1971–1972. [2]
A major winter storm is sweeping across much of the nation's middle section through the end of the weekend and into early this week, bringing a swath of hazardous snow and ice. Track the storm's ...
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 highest snowfall totals were reported by the National Weather Service to have occurred from an area extending south from Laramie, Wyoming to the Colorado foothills as well as an area east of Denver. 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.
Over the weekend, there was nearly 16 more inches (41 centimeters) of snowfall, pushing Alaska's largest city past the 100-inch (254-centimeters) mark earlier than at any other time in its history.
Maximum snowfall accumulation: 107 in (270 cm) at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, California (January 25–29, 2021) Maximum ice accretion: 2 in (51 mm) at El Reno, Oklahoma (October 26–28, 2020) Total fatalities: At least 358 total: Total damage: ≥ $31.75 billion (2021 USD) (Costliest winter season on record) Related articles; 2020–21 ...