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Mount Baker recorded 28.96 metres of snow in the 1998 to 1999 season. The figure is taken from NOAA, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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One Washington mountain holds the deepest snowfall record

Mount Baker recorded 28.96 metres of snow in the 1998 to 1999 season

The ski area on Mount Baker in Washington State measured 28.96 metres of snowfall between 1998 and 1999, the deepest seasonal total recorded anywhere. Moisture streaming in from the Pacific meets the volcano and rises, cooling and dropping snow. The record was measured at a site about 1,300 metres up.

Washington State (MODIS) — MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC · Public domain · source

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Mount Baker recorded 28.96 metres of snow in the 1998 to 1999 season. The figure is taken from NOAA, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.