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Mount Baker, Washington holds the world record for snowfall in a single season. How many centimetres of snow fell in the winter of 1998–99?

2,896

cm

Mount Baker got 2,896 cm of snow in one season — a stack of snow taller than a 9-storey building.SOURCENOAA

Scale check: 2,896 is roughly a village.

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