Barrow, Alaska was blanketed by its first significant snowfall of the season Tuesday, turning the town into a winter wonderland just one day after Labor Day.
Snow covers Barrow, Alaska, on Sep. 2, 2014 in this view from the Barrow Sea Ice Webcam. (Univ. of Alaska-Fairbanks Geophysical Institute)
Officially, 4.4 inches of snow fell Tuesday in America's northernmost city, about 350 miles north of the Arctic Circle (2012 population: 4,346).
Tuesday tied the third heaviest September calendar-day snow on record in Barrow. Only Sept. 13, 1987 (5.1 inches) and Setp. 9, 2003 (4.7 inches) were heavier. Tuesday was its heaviest calendar-day snow on record anytime from August through the first week of September.
Dating to 1922, at least a trace of snow has been recorded at least once on each calendar day in Barrow. This summer, a half inch of snow fell in the city from Aug. 29-30, and 0.9 inches of snow was measured on July 23-24.
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