Mt. Baker, Washington 2896cm 1998-1999 is the highest official record. There is a ski area there where they measure snowfall.
However, it is likely that higher totals occur in areas where there are no official measurements.
For example, there may have been higher snowfall higher on Mt. Baker (or neighboring Cascade peaks). There is also likely higher snowfall in the Coastal Range of Alaska.
Think of it this way. If an area receives the equivalent of 300 inches (about 762 cm) of rain, it would be about 7620 cm of snow if all fell as snow at a 10:1 ratio. This is probably the upper limit anywhere on earth in a maximum year.
No. Annual snowfall at the North Pole works out to less than 50 centimetres but because strong winds stir up the snow, there seem to be continuous snow flurries.
One of the snowiest places on Earth is Mount Baker in Washington State, USA. The Mount Baker Ski Area reported a record 1,140 inches (95 feet) / 2,896 cm (29 meters) of snowfall for the 1998-99 season.
The Coastal Mountains of Western North America, stretching from Southern California to Alaska, produce the greatest snowfalls on the planet.
The most snowfall recorded in one year occurred at Mount Baker, Washington State USA, where 1140" of snow fell in 1998-1999.
However, the snowiest location on the planet is likely elsewhere where no official record-keeping or weather station exists. For instance, it is estimated that the mountains and glaciers that makeup the Juneau Ice Field average over 1000" of snowfall by geophysical analysis.
In the USA, Paradise, Washington, has an average annual snowfall of 651 cm.
In Canada, the following towns have high annual average snowfall:
St. Anthony, NL - 505 cm
Nain, NL - 492 cm
Churchill Falls, NL - 465 cm
Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL - 459 cm
Kutchan, Japan, has an average annual snowfall of 447 cm.
In Canada, according to The Government of Canada National Climate Data and Information Archive (www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca) and Statistics Canada (www.statcan.gc.ca):
The CITY in Canada with the highest annual average snowfall is Corner Brook, NL - 422 cm.
Other Canadian CITIES with high annual average snowfall are:
Sept-ÃŽles, QC - 412 cm
Campbellton, NB - 392 cm
St. John's, NL - 322 cm
Quebec City, QC - 316 cm
Charlottetown, PEI - 312 cm
Sault Ste. Marie, ON - 302 cm
Sherbrooke, QC - 294 cm
Fredericton, NB - 276 cm
Sudbury, ON - 274 cm
Canadian TOWNS/NON-CITIES with the highest annual average snowfall are:
Gander, NL - 443 cm
Revelstoke, BC - 425 cm
Deer Lake, NL - 425 cm
Whistler, BC - 411 cm
Baie Comeau, QC - 362 cm
Saguenay, QC - 342 cm
Of note, Ottawa, ON, with an annual average snowfall of 236 cm, is only the 34th snowiest city in Canada, but it remains the snowiest national capital in the world.
Greenland. The North Pole, may or may not be the snowiest place in the world, due to lack of proper measuring and historical analysis. Mount Baker, in Washington State, USA, had 1140 inches in one season, which makes it the "snowiest place". Another notable mention is Logan Pass of Glacier National Park, MT which regularly sees over 100ft (1200") of snow nearly every year Reference (MT Baker): http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/1999/wsnorcrd.htm Reference (Logan Pass): http://www.glaciernationalpark.name/big_drift.html
First answer:
We believe that it is Antarctica.
Measured by lightning:
Scientists count the stormiest place in earth by the amount of lightning strikes per year. Lightning strikes the most frequently in Kifuga village in the eastern mountains of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, at the average of 158 lightning strikes per square kilometer in a year.
The snowiest city of the world is Sapporo with 630 cm of average snow per year.
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in 2009 it was December
No. Antarctica gets very little "new" snow in a year. the snow and ice on the ground has built up over millenia.
Cordova, Alaska Valdez, Alaska
51.40 inches, 2oth snowiest year out of 124.
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No, and it's not particularly close. See the related question for legitimate contenders.
Methuen, Mass
Cape Blanco is the windiest place in Oregon.
The snowiest place in Scotland is a small town called Banffshire. This small town sees about 64 days of snowfall a year. Banffshire is a county, not a town.
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Fairbanks, Alaska
aviemore, highland
in 2009 it was December
26.5" in 1962
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Miami. You would have to drive over 1,000 miles to approach any area with snow in the peak of the winter's snowiest part.
Miami. You would have to drive over 1,000 miles to approach any area with snow in the peak of the winter's snowiest part.