This year just officially became the wettest on record for Anchorage. By Wednesday, the back-to-back snowstorms that started a week ago provided just enough precipitation to break the old record set more than 30 years ago.
While these storms are unusual, they haven’t broken any major records, Thoman said. The 7-day snow total, measured near the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, reached about 28 inches for both storms. Thoman
receiving that much snow or more in a week can be expected to occur only once in 20 years on average.A pedestrian walks through deep snow along Tudor Road on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. An overnight storm dropped at least a foot of new snow on Anchorage, closing schools and complicating driving conditions.
With up to another foot of snow anticipated to fall this week, Thoman said it is possible Anchorage will have the snowiest December on record. The snowiest December was recorded in 1955, when 41.6 inches fell. Thoman said 32.1 inches have already been recorded in Anchorage this year. The snowiest month on record saw 52 inches of snow in February of 1996.
“It would take a lot more threading of the needle to reach that 52 inches for the highest monthly total, but the last 10 days have certainly shown us: never say never,” he said.Tess Williams is a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News, focusing on breaking news. Before joining the ADN in 2019, she was a reporter for the Grand Forks Herald in North Dakota and previously helped cover the Nebraska Legislature for The Associated Press. Contact her at [email protected].
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