You wouldn't be able to pin this kind of record down in a specific place at a specific time. But the highest snowfall rates tend to occur in the heaviest lake effect snow bands and are accompanied by thunder and lightning. This light fluffy snow can accumulate up to about 7-8" in one hour, though rarely does it last for even that long. It would be really hard, for complex physical reasons, to snow much more than that.
Niseko, in Japan, has the record for the second highest annual snowfall.
Sept 5
See the related link. Snowfall in 1995-96 was about 108", the most on record.
April 21
208 inches! With a record of 355.9 inches!
The record for 24 hour snowfall in the US occurred on February 9, 1963 at the Mile 47 Camp in Alaska. There were 78 inches of snowfall that day.
The record for 24 hour snowfall in the US occurred on February 9, 1963 at the Mile 47 Camp in Alaska. There were 78 inches of snowfall that day.
Niseko, in Japan, has the record for the second highest annual snowfall.
40 inches
10"
Jan.1967
Sept 5
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See the related link. Snowfall in 1995-96 was about 108", the most on record.
Hutchinson doesn't record snowfall, but Minneapolis has received about 85 inches.
The record 24 hour snowfall is 62" at Thompson Pass.
78.7" in 2009-2010.