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- When it comes to the highest recorded snowfall in the world, the old Mount Shasta Ski Bowl in northern California takes the crown. During a single storm system from February 13-19, 1959, a total of 15.75 feet, or 189 inches, of snow was measured.
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Achishko (elevation 6,200’) has measured snow depths as high as 315”. Snow depths in the Swedish and Norwegian mountains reach up to 20 feet during particularly snowy winters.
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Oct 10, 2024 · While there have been numerous records of heavy snowfall around the world, the Tamarack in Calaveras County holds the record for the deepest snowfall on Earth, measuring an astounding 884 inches or 2,250 cm.
- Greatest Seasonal Snowfall Total: 1,140 Inches
- Greatest Snow Depth on Record: 451 Inches
- Most Snow Measured in A Month: 390 Inches
- T Snow Measured in 24 Hours: 75.8 Inches
- Most Snow from A Single Storm: 189 Inches
We begin our look at five of the most incredible U.S. snowfall records beginning with the all-time seasonal snowfall record set at Mount Baker in Washington State. An amazing 1,140 inches (95 feet) was recorded at Mount Baker Ski Area (4,200 feet elevation) during the July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999 snow season. For perspective, that snow total is eq...
Above: Photos of incredible amounts of snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Tamarack, Calif. in the Sierra Nevada Mountains holds the United States record for greatest snow depth ever measured. A maximum snow depth of 451 inches, or 37.5 feet, was recorded on March 11, 1911. According to Christopher Burt of wunderground.com, the site is at an eleva...
A contributing factor to that record snow depth in Tamarack, Calif. on March 11, 1911 is the amazing amount of snow measured during January that year. Tamarack's location high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains near the border of California and Nevada make it an ideal location to intercept copious amounts of moisture provided by an active storm track o...
If you were six feet tall and standing outside for 24 hours in Silver Lake, Colo. April 14-15, 1921, you would've been buried by snow from head to toe. This location recorded 6.3 feet of snow in a single day at an elevation of 10,220 feet in the Colorado Rockies. In 1997, a report of 77 inches of snow measured in 24 hours in Montague, N.Y. was subm...
The old Mount Shasta Ski Bowl in northern California holds the record for the most snow received from a single storm system. A total of 15.75 feet (189 inches) of snow was measured from February 13-19 in 1959. Mount Shasta is a volcano in the Cascade Mountain range and rises as high as 14,160 feet. It is the second highest of 15 main volcanoes in t...
The greatest 24-hour snowfall and snow depth ever measured on earth occurred in February 1927 when 230 cm/90.6” fell at Mt. Ibuki, Shiga Prefecture on February 14, 1927.
Feb 17, 2017 · Mount Ibuki in Japan is a modest mountain of just 1,377 metres, but it is also where the world’s deepest snowfall was recorded, 90 years ago last week.
Feb 13, 2017 · North America's deepest snow was measured at Tamarack, California, in the Sierra Nevada in 1911—451 inches of snow by the time spring rolled around. Bring your snowshoes to Honshu. But the...
