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Mega Snow Day

  • March 17, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

A record 76 inches of snow fell on the town of Silver Lake, Colorado — in just one day! That’s about three inches an hour, piling up to just over six feet. The April 1921 storm, which lasted about 28 hours, dropped another 11 inches before it was done.

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