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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 average, Anchorage receives 16 inches (410 mm) of precipitation a year, with around 75 inches (1.91 m) of snow.
Period Record temperature [5] Date January: 50 °F (10 °C) January 27, 2014 January 19, 1961 February: 49 °F (9 °C) Feb 27, 2014 March: 53 °F (12 °C)
Rain was concentrated around central to eastern Interior Alaska, with much comparatively milder rainfall values in the Alaska Range and Denali National Park. [8]: 11 Significant rainfall occurred from August 8th and lasted until around August 20th, although it was variable at times.
Hurricane Florence in 2018 set records across both North Carolina and South Carolina; Barry in 2019 dropped a record amount of rain, more than 16 inches, over Arkansas; and Minnesota got record ...
Valdez, Alaska, picked up almost two feet of snow (47.5 inches) in just 24 hours, a record for the town. When the storm was over, 64.9 inches of snow buried Valdez in less than 2 days.
An ongoing Southcentral Alaska snowstorm has so far left snowfall totals ranging from 12 to 22 inches in Anchorage, National Weather Service meteorologist Michael ...
Typhoons, such as Pongsona (2002), can bring excessive rainfall to Guam. Guam's climate is moderated by east to northeast trade winds through the year. The average annual rainfall for the island is 86 inches (2,200 mm). [74] There is a distinct dry season from January to June, and a rainy season from July to December. [75]
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