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Snow depths, which vary with elevation and time of year, average an estimated 50 to 100 inches (130 to 250 cm) in the Cascades and 25 to 65 inches (64 to 165 cm) in the Blue Mountains at the end of January; by the end of April, they diminish to 40 to 120 inches (100 to 300 cm) in the Cascades and 5 to 45 inches (13 to 114 cm) in the Blues.
On 10 January 1929, extreme heat kills thousands of fowls on poultry farms in the city as temperatures rose to 41.2 °C (106 °F). [15] On 6 March 1938, Richmond in Sydney's north western area recorded the highest autumn temperature in the city's metropolitan area, shattering the previous record by almost 3C when it hit 41.9 °C (107.4 °F). [16]
Snow at Orange railway station, June 2020. In the Central West, the major regional city of Orange receives an average of 3.9 snowy days per annum. There are many smaller towns in the region that receive snow on an annual basis, such as Blayney, Millthorpe and particularly Oberon which sees an average of 6.2 snowy days annually.
The Blue Mountains are a dissected plateau carved in sandstone bedrock. [41] They are now a series of ridge lines separated by gorges up to 760 metres (2,490 ft) deep. The highest point in the Blue Mountains, as it is now defined, is an unnamed point with an elevation of 1,189 m (3,901 ft) AHD, located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north-east of Lithgow.
Del Rio, Texas picked up 9.7 inches (25 cm) of snow from February 17–18, breaking the all-time one-day and 24-hour snowfall records, both of which had previously been set in January 1985. Little Rock, Arkansas saw 11.8 inches (30 cm) of snow from the same storm, making it the city's second-largest snowstorm in history, as well as pushing the ...
Snow has been dumped on Colorado's mountains this week, bringing upwards of two feet of snow in high-elevation areas, but the storm is expected to slow down Wednesday.. According to the National ...
Ski Bluewood, formerly known as "Bluewood Ski Area," is an alpine ski area in the northwestern United States, in southeastern Washington in Columbia County.Located at the northern end of the Blue Mountains in the Umatilla National Forest, the elevation at the base area is 4,545 feet (1,385 m) above sea level, with a summit of 5,670 feet (1,728 m) for a vertical drop of 1,125 feet (343 m).
In mid-January 2020, a complex system of winter storms that crossed North America, bringing heavy snowfall and high winds to Atlantic Canada and the northern United States between 15 and 18 January. At least one person was killed, in California , while at least one went missing, in Newfoundland .