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At some time a value of 33 inches (838.2 mm) was adopted in California. [citation needed] In Texas, a vara was defined as 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 inches (846.67 mm), or 1 yard = 1.08 vara. [citation needed] The vara and the corresponding unit of area, the square vara, were introduced in the 19th century to measure Spanish land grants.
These bands may only be 5 to 10 miles wide, and if they persist in one area for multiple hours, totals can be much higher than surrounding areas. The U.S. record is 12 inches in a single hour.
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.
There were several feet of packed snow already on the ground, and the blizzard brought with it enough snow to reach Buffalo's record for the most snow in one season – 199.4 inches (506 cm). [14] Great Blizzard of 1978 also called the "Cleveland Superbomb". January 25–27, 1978. Was one of the worst snowstorms the Midwest has ever seen.
Mobile, Alabama saw 7.5 inches of snow, where such accumulations have not been seen in more than 60 years, according to the weather service. How much snow did Louisiana get? Residents woke up to a ...
Snowfall totals have surpassed 5 feet in some areas, including Castorland, Copenhagen and Barnes Corners in northern New York, which have each received 69.5 inches. Lake-effect snow warnings ...
Canonically, and originally, in 1958 when Smoot was a Lambda Chi Alpha pledge at MIT (class of 1962), the bridge was measured to be 364.4 Smoots, plus or minus one ear, using Mr. Smoot himself as a ruler. [17] At the time, Smoot was 5 feet, 7 inches, or 170 cm, tall. [18] Google Earth and Google Calculator include the smoot as a unit of ...
Up to half a foot of snow will also cover Washington, D.C. and the I-95 corridor from Philadelphia to Boston. New York City is bracing for up to six inches of snow Sunday. REUTERS