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    What is the most snow that ever fell in the United States and when did this happen?

    Question #75668. Asked by jessicamw. (Feb 09 07 3:05 PM)


    star_gazer

    		Mt. Baker, WA 1998 - 1999, 1,140 inches.

    http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases99/aug99/noaa99056.html

    Feb 09 07, 4:16 PM
    zbeckabee

    		Greatest Snowfalls in North America --

    1 month (U.S.) Tamarack, Calif. Jan. 1911 390 inches

    24 hours (N. America) Silver Lake, Colo. April 14–15, 1921 76 inches

    24 hours (Alaska) Thompson Pass Dec. 29, 1955 62 inches

    19 hours (France) Bessans April 5–6, 1969 68 inches

    1 storm (N. America) Mt. Shasta Ski Bowl, Calif. Feb. 13–19, 1959 189 inches

    1 storm (Alaska) Thompson Pass Dec. 26–31, 1955 175 inches

    1 season (N. America) Mount Baker, Wash. 1998–1999 1,140 inches

    1 season (Alaska) Thompson Pass 1952–1953 974.5 inches

    1 season (Canada) Revelstoke Mt. Copeland,
    British Columbia 1971–1972 964 inches



    http://www.teachervision.fen.com/weather/meteorology/3825.html

    Feb 09 07, 10:14 PM

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