Snow in anchorage by Denise Kane
While areas of the northeast of the United States are having a relatively mild and snow free winter, Alaska is struggling under the burden of a very snowy winter.
In Alaska’s largest city, Anchorage, more snow has fallen in the past few months than they would normally get in the whole of the winter season, and with another four months of wintry weather on the way, this could well be a record breaking year.
Nearly two metres of snow has fallen so far, and this compares to the winter average fall of 172 centimetres. However, there is still some way to go to beat the all time record winter, 1955-56, in which 336 centimetres fell.
Snow is piled up so high along Anchorage’s streets that drivers cannot see around street corners. Residents are also increasingly concerned that the weight of snow could cause building’s roofs to collapse.
A blocked pressure pattern across western parts of the contiguous United States will leave the door open to more very unsettled and very snowy weather throughout this week, with perhaps the snowiest weather of this winter yet to come.
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