Some Juneau residents were greeted Saturday morning with powdery proof that winter is indeed coming.
The downtown area experienced a light dusting of snow, which despite being a few weeks earlier than usual is still a few weeks too late to be a record.
“Actually it is fairly early” to see snow in Juneau, David Levin, a meteorologist at NOAA’s National Weather Service facility in Juneau, told the Empire on Saturday. “We do pick up traces here and there in October, but it looks like the record snowfall for first 15 days of the month is 2 inches (at the airport), so it’s not unheard of.”
The earliest measurable snowfall in Juneau was Oct. 2, 1974, which was measured near the Juneau International Airport.
Levin said his office hasn’t yet received an official measurement for Saturday’s snowfall. That figure will likely be received Sunday.
NWS issued a hazardous weather conditions bulletin Saturday warning that Southeast Alaska could see up to 6 inches of snow total this week, but constant rain would likely melt it all and prevent accumulation.
