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Here is a recent question from viewer Dana:

A friend of mine and I were debating on the amout of snow we get in denver annually, and the amount of snow Alaska gets annually? I say, Alaska gets more. He says their even. Can you help me?

Dana-

 

    You know that ALASKA is an awfully big state and the variations in weather are significant. 

     I can use Anchorage as an example city for your comparison.

 

     Denver’s average annual snowfall is 61.7”  The average annual snow in Anchorage is *slightly* more at 69.5”

 

     Using data from Fairbanks, in Alaska’s interior region, that city’s 30-year seasonal snow average is 65”.

 

    

So, based on those two locations in the state of Alaska, it seems they do get more snow than Denver, on average, but only just a little bit more.

 

     Thanks for your question.