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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]
Winter storms can produce both ice and snow, but are usually more notable in one of these two categories. The "Maximum accumulation" sections reflect the more notable category which is represented in inches of snow unless otherwise stated. Only category 1 and higher storms as defined by their regional snowfall index are included here.
Most in a 24-hour period: 230 centimetres (90.6 in) of snow on Mount Ibuki, Japan on 14 February 1927. [304] Most in one calendar month: 9.91 meters (390 inches) of snow fell in Tamarack, California, in January 1911, leading to a snow depth in March of 11.46 meters (451 inches) (greatest measured in North America). [305] [306]
The 2023–24 North American winter was the warmest winter on record across the contiguous United States, with below-average snowfall primarily in the Upper Midwest and parts of the Northeastern United States. However, some areas, especially in the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York saw considerably more snow than the previous winter.
Lake effect snowfall accounts for 30 to 60 percent of the annual snowfall near the coasts of the Great Lakes. [54] Lake Erie has the distinction of being the only great lake capable of completely freezing over during the winter due to its relative shallowness. [55] Once frozen, the resulting ice cover alleviates lake-effect snow downwind of the ...
North American blizzard of 1996: Northeastern United States US March 31–April 1, 1997 2 1997 April Fool's Day blizzard: Midwestern United States, Central and Eastern Canada Canada, US January 2–4, 1999 4 North American blizzard of 1999: North Carolina, Virginia: US January 25, 2000 3 January 2000 North American blizzard
The November 13–21, 2014 North American winter storm (given the code name Knife by local governments [4] [5] and colloquially nicknamed Snovember [6]) was a potent winter storm and particularly severe lake-effect snowstorm that affected the United States, originating from the Pacific Northwest on November 13, which brought copious amounts of lake-effect snow to the Central US and New England ...
Snowfall rates of 2 to 3 inches (5 to 8 centimetres) per hour were common, and thundersnow occurred. Snowfall amounts of up to 21 inches (53 cm) were reported in Columbia, 13.1 inches (33 cm) in Baltimore, 17 inches (43 cm) in Catonsville, and a foot (30.5 cm) in Potomac. This was the area's heaviest snow since the North American blizzard of ...