Anchorage hits snowfall milestone this January

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As of Jan. 29, Anchorage, Alaska, had seen more than 100 inches of snow this winter. That's the earliest that amount of snow has ever accumulated since record-keeping began.

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00:00 Alaska is on track to break snowfall

00:02 records this winter. Anchorage hit a

00:04 milestone on Monday with more than

00:06 100 inches of snow blanketing the city.

00:09 That's the earliest accumulation

00:10 ever of that amount.

00:12 This comes after Anchorage was hit with

00:14 almost 16 inches of snow over the weekend.

00:17 It's the only it's only the second

00:20 time in recorded history that Anchorage

00:22 has received 100 inches of snow in back

00:25 to back years and the ninth time that

00:28 100 inches of snow has been recorded.

00:31 In a season, if the trend continues,

00:34 Anchorage could break its all time

00:37 record of 134 and a half inches of

00:40 snow this than the winter of 2011.

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