27 Feet of snow for Alaskan community, Anchorage on the road to break record
| Published on January 13, 2012 6:15 am PT – By TWS Staff Reporter – Edited by Staff Editor |
Residents in Cordova are looking at another storm, according to meteorologists. 16 more inches on top of what has already fallen could come later tonight and in (TheWeatherSpace.com) – Cordova, an Alaskan Community centered in Southern Alaska, just east of Anchorage, is trying to fix what mother nature gave them and 27 feet of snow in one storm was what that gift was.
For the entire season, Cordova has received 172 inches of snowfall. However, the nearby area of Valdez has seen over 318 inches. Anchorage comes in topping at 81.3 inches.
Anchorage, Alaska has broken the record for the most snowfall in a year, being meteorologists use July1st as the start. However, for a winter season the city nears to break 132.8 inches of snowfall, a record set back in the 1954 to 1955 winter season
from: http://www.theweatherspace.com/news/TWS-11312-27-feet-snow-alaska-storm-cordova.html