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The U.S. record is 12 inches in a single hour. That happened in a lake-effect snow band east of Lake Ontario in Copenhagen, New York, on Dec. 2, 1966, according to a list of record snowfall rates ...
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.
Access to snow dumping locations (e.g. ravines) by heavy equipment is also planned. The employees who take part in snow removal are generally the same workers who do road maintenance work during the summer months, but in some US cities garbage trucks are also equipped with plows and used for snow removal.
Freezing rain is sometimes measured in intervals of 0.1 inches (2.5 mm) and other times intervals of 0.01 inches (0.25 mm), depending on the measuring device. [ 4 ] [ 7 ] In areas where metric units are used, rain is measured in intervals of 0.1 millimetres (0.004 in), while other precipitation is typically measured in intervals of 0.1 ...
This is the first significant snow fall in Houston since February 12, 1960, when a snowstorm hit central and south Texas with eight to 10 inches of snow. An unusual sight: palm trees covered in snow in Portland, Texas. Some snow totals: [1] Alice, Texas: 12 inches (30.48 cm) Beeville, Texas: 10.0 inches (25.4 cm)
Dallas picked up 1.5 inches of snow while Nashville recorded 7.6 inches spanning Sunday and Monday. Washington, D.C., picked up 3.4 inches of snow on Monday. Meanwhile, Baltimore picked up 4.1 ...
This winter has been a boon for ski resorts in California with plenty of powder to go around, and at one resort, the snow has reached new heights. Over 600 inches (50 feet) of snow has fallen on ...
In the Northeastern United States, the storm snapped record long streaks without 1 in (2.5 cm) of snow in several cities, with a little over 1 inch (2.5 cm) recorded in Atlantic City, 3.3 in (8.4 cm) of snow in Philadelphia [49] and 4.9 in (12 cm) of snow in Baltimore, with Washington D.C. recording 4.1 in (10 cm) of snow. [50]