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List of snowiest places in the United States by state

List of snowiest places in the United States by state is a earth science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of snowiest places in the United States by state rather than just read about it. In short: The list of snowiest places in the United States by state shows average annual snowfall totals for the period from mid-1985 to mid-2015. Only places in the official climate database of the National Weather Service, a service of NOAA, are included in this list.

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Reference excerpt

The list of snowiest places in the United States by state shows average annual snowfall totals for the period from mid-1985 to mid-2015. Only places in the official climate database of the National Weather Service, a service of NOAA, are included in this list. Some ski resorts and unofficial weather stations report higher amounts of snowfall than places on this list. Official weather stations are usually located in populated places and snowfall statistics for isolated and unpopulated areas are often not recorded.

Mount Rainier and Mount Baker in Washington are the snowiest places in the United States which have weather stations, receiving 645 inches (16.4 m) annually on average. By comparison, the populated place with the highest snowfall in the world is believed to be Sukayu Onsen in the Siberian-facing Japanese Alps. Sukayu Onsen receives 694.5 inches (17.64 m) (nearly 58 feet) of snow annually. Nearby mountain slopes may receive even more. The amount of snow received at weather stations varies substantially from year to year. For example, the annual snowfall at Paradise Ranger Station in Mount Rainier National Park has been as little as 266 inches (680 cm) in 2014–2015 and as much as 1,122 inches (2,850 cm) in 1971–1972.

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Example 1 — a first encounter with List of snowiest places in the United States by state

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about List of snowiest places in the United States by state ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of List of snowiest places in the United States by state

In research: List of snowiest places in the United States by state appears in earth science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses List of snowiest places in the United States by state in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: List of snowiest places in the United States by state is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Geography-related lists of superlatives, Geography of the United States, Lists of weather records, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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