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2008-12-17 Snow at Las Vegas, Nevada
POST MORTEM: Figure 8 below is the definitive weather statement from the local weather office after they broke the record.
So let's update those opening stats:
Snowiest: Months: January 1949 - 16.7 inches, January 1974 - 13.4 inches, January 1979 - 9.9 inches December: 3.6 inches December 17, 2008 Most in 24 hours: 7.5 inches on January 30-31, 1979 Earliest: 4 inches November 16, 1964 Latest: trace April 4, 1958 Most recent: trace December 22, 2006 Last measureable: 3.6 inches December 17, 2008
Finally, here are a few great pictures to commemorate the occasion. All are by local people courtesy of the Las Vegas Sun. Look at their photo gallery of the storm if you can - just beautiful.
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