This week’s snowstorm brought almost a month’s worth of snow to Juneau, according to measurements taken at Juneau International Airport, the city’s official measuring station.
Between Sunday evening and Wednesday morning, 9.2 inches of snow was reported at the airport.
March averages 11.6 inches of snow, according to figures from the National Weather Service; heavy snow this late in the month is unusual but not unprecedented.
The snowfall at the airport brings the capital city up to 19.4 inches of snow for the month, putting it in a tie for the 19th snowiest March since 1936. March 2017 had 32.2 inches of snow.
Somewhat unusually, the airport had almost the highest snowfall total of any measuring station that reported measurements during the storm.
Only Annex Creek, which measured 9.4 inches, had a higher total between midnight Sunday morning and noon Wednesday.
At the base of Eaglecrest, 7.6 inches of snow was reported. At the downtown Juneau wastewater treatment plant, 8.6 inches was the measurement. Auke Bay found 7.3 inches of snow when the storm passed.
Elsewhere, Ketchikan had only a trace of snow. Skagway had 1.6 inches, Hoonah 2 inches, Hyder 2.6 inches, Haines 3.4 inches, Yakutat 4.2 inches and Pelican 5.5 inches.
Looking forward, the weekend forecast calls for partly sunny skies and temperatures in the high 30s during the day. That pattern is expected to continue through the first days of April.
April averages 1.1 inches of snow. May averages none.
• Contact reporter James Brooks at jbrooks@juneauempire.com or 523-2258.
