Anchorage sets record for getting 100 inches of snow this early
Anchorage is already in the record books with this year’s snowfall, at eighth snowiest with a lot of time left this season in Alaska.
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Anchorage is already in the record books with this year’s snowfall, at eighth snowiest with a lot of time left this season in Alaska.
The city is on track to break its all-time record of 134.5 inches.
The city is well on track to break its all-time record of 134.5 inches (342 centimeters).
Anchorage isn't the only Alaska city beset by near-record snowfalls. So far this month, the capital city of Juneau had recorded 69.5 inches of snow. A storm could drop several inches of snow before the month ends, putting the monthly record of 75.2 inches (191 centimeters) set in 2009 at risk, said Andrew Park, a National Weather Service meteorologist.
So much snow has fallen that roofs on commercial buildings are collapsing around Anchorage.