Mary Knapp
Mary Knapp
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The Mt. Baker Ski Area near Seattle set the U.S. record in the 1998-99 season with 1,140 inches - exactly 95 feet. If you visualize 95 feet in terms of Kansas' tallest trees ... well, that's a LOT of snow.
annual average bit location quite vary year
If nothing else, our annual average snowfall is 19 inches, but that can vary quite a bit - not only from location to location, but also from year to year.
central divisions handful measurable nine reporting since start stations three
Out of the more than 200 (weather) reporting stations we have around the state, only a handful had any measurable precipitation. Three of the nine divisions are having their driest start since 1895. All of them are in the central part of the state.