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The cleanup of ash resulted in excessive demands for water and caused major problems for the Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility. [citation needed] 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.
Apr. 6—Anchorage is edging ever closer to a seasonal snowfall record that's now less than 5 inches away. By Friday, this winter's total snowfall at the National Weather Service offices on Sand ...
Over the weekend, there was nearly 16 more inches (41 centimeters) of snowfall, pushing Alaska's largest city past the 100-inch (254-centimeters) mark earlier than at any other time in its history.
Record snow depth: April 15, 1929 (135 inches) Snowfall in Valdez is on a different level from everywhere else in the U.S., even from the rest of the cities on this list. This southern Alaska city ...
Anchorage Climate chart ... (−12 to −5 °C) with an average winter snowfall of 75.5 ... (341.6 cm), which made it the [46] snowiest winter on record, topping ...
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)
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.
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