Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
So far this month, 69.2 inches (175 centimeters) of snow have been recorded at the Juneau airport. The record for January was set in 2009 at 75.2 inches (191 centimeters), said Nathan Compton, a ...
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 ...
Nov. 11—Portions of Anchorage could receive more than 8 inches of snow by Thursday, while up to 14 inches is forecast on the eastern Kenai Peninsula, the National Weather Service said. A storm ...
Average monthly precipitation generally peaks in September or October, and is lowest in May and June. 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 ...
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]
Nov. 7—This story has been updated. Click here for the latest forecast. ---- A major winter storm could bring strong winds, up to a foot of snow, and possibly rain to a large swath of ...
In the early 1970s, Thompson Pass was the scene of frantic activity as thousands of workers built a portion of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System from a camp located nearby. [citation needed] Heavy snowfall in the pass slowed work in the winter, but the pipeline was completed by 1977, and oil today flows through the pass on an almost constant basis.
Dec. 22—The shortest day of the year arrived Tuesday with piles of fresh snow throughout Southcentral Alaska. A storm system on Monday covered much of the region in snow and a small amount of ...