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Deepest snowfall recorded: 11.82 meters (38.8 ft) on Mount Ibuki, Japan on 14 February 1927. [ 311 ] Lowest latitude that snow has been recorded at sea level in North America : Snow fell as far south as the city of Tampico , Mexico , in February 1895 during the Great Freeze .
Lake Helen at Mount Lassen [10] and Kalmia Lake in the Trinity Alps are estimated to receive 600-700 inches of snow per year. Tamarack in Calaveras County holds the record for the deepest snowfall on earth (884 inches (2,250 cm)). 5. Alaska: Valdez: 314.1 inches (798 cm) 95 feet (29 m)
Sukayu Onsen is the snowiest inhabited place on Earth with an average yearly snowfall of 17.6 m (58 ft) and a winter season record of 23.7 m (78 ft). It also holds the record of having the highest snow depth ever recorded at a JMA certified weather station of 566 cm (18.57 ft), recorded on February 26, 2013. [ 2 ]
All that is to say, no one alive in the area has ever seen this much snow. Snow falls on St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Jan. 21, 2025. / Credit: Tyler Kaufman / Getty ...
The heaviest snowstorm ever recorded in the state was in the Shreveport area, where 11.0 inches (280 mm) of snow fell in December 1929. This fell on December 21 and 22; half an inch remained on the ground on December 25 making this the only Christmas Day of record with snow on the ground.
Story at a glance The United States has seen its fair share of heavy snowfall. Official and unofficial records vary, but many states have reported storms dumping feet of snow across regions.
These are the five worst snowstorms ever to hit New York City, according to the National Weather Service.
Further heavy snowfalls occurred as the milder air pushed northwards. On 14 March the deepest ever recorded depth of snow lying in an inhabited location of the UK was measured at Forest-in-Teesdale in County Durham at 83 inches (210 cm). [2] On 15 March a deepening depression moved in from the Atlantic, bringing heavy rain and gales. [6]