Almost two meters of snow in two days.
The record for a 24-hour snowfall, set on Feb. 5, 1961, was 112 cm (44 inches). Weather officials say Kitimat came close with 109 cm (43 inches) of snow in a 24-hour period.
Heavy snowfall and power outages resulted in the cancellation of all flights into the Kitimat-Terrace airport Friday.
Robin Rowland, a Kitimat resident, said that the snow had nearly reached rooftops on his street.
“The snow is piled up so high that you can hardly see out of the windows of the house,” he said.
A weather summary for coastal British Columbia issued by Environment Canada listed the total 2-day snowfall accumulations as follows:
Storm total snowfall from 4 P.M. Thursday to 4 A.M. Saturday.
Terrace Airport – 159 cm (62.6″)
Onion Lake highway station – 157 cm (61.8″)
Kitimat – 168 cm (66.1″)
http://weather.gc.ca/warnings/weathersummaries_e.html
Thanks to Terry Homeniuk and Paul Lauren for these links