Snowiest days in all US states - part 3

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Crater Lake in Oregon

Here are finally the top states with the biggest snowfalls. It's surprising that Colorado beat Alaska, but they have the Rockies, and because Alaska is so vast, there could have been bigger unrecorded snowfalls. Nonetheless, here are the top 17.....

1.      Colorado - Georgetown, located along I-70 to the west of Denver, holds the record for the greatest single-day snowfall in the entire United States with 63 inches on December 4, 1913.

2.       Alaska - Thompson Pass holds the record in the nation's 49th state with 62 inches on December 29, 1955.

3.       California - Giant Forest, Calif. in the southern Sierra Nevada recorded an amazing 60 inches of snow on January 19, 1933.

4.       Washington - 48 inches of snow was reported at Gunn's Ranch in north-central Washington on January 21, 1935.

5.       Montana - Around 14 miles southeast of Millegan, a total of 48 inches of snow was recorded on December 27, 2003.

6.       South Dakota - In the Black Hills of western South Dakota, Deadwood received 47 inches of snow on March 14, 1973.

7.       New York - Watertown, located just east of Lake Ontario, piled up 45 inches of snow on November 15, 1900.

8.       New Hampshire - Cannon Mountain, located near I-93 in the northern part of the state, measured 41 inches of snow on December 4, 1963.

9.       Pennsylvania - Morgantown, located along I-76 between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, was buried by 38 inches of snow on March 20, 1958.

10.   Arizona - Heber Ranger Station in eastern Arizona near the Mogollon Rim measured 38 inches of snow on December 14, 1967.

11.   Oregon - Chemult holds the daily snowfall record in Oregon with 37 inches on February 6, 1949.

12.   New Mexico - In far northeast New Mexico, Abbott reported three feet of snow on November 24, 1940.

13.   Minnesota - Wolf Ridge ELC in northeast Minnesota recorded three feet of snow on January 7, 1994.

14.   Connecticut - The most snowfall Connecticut saw in a 24-hour period was 36 inches of snow near Ansonia on Feb. 8-9, 2013 during Winter Storm Nemo.

15.   Utah - Silver Lake Brighton in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah saw 35 inches of snow on January 22, 1964.

16.   Maine - Middle Dam measured 35 inches of snow on November 23, 1943.
17.   Wyoming - Bechler River Ranger Station in northwest Wyoming received 34 inches of snow on January 28, 1933.