Anchorage, Alaska, set an unusual combination of records for warmth and snowfall on Saturday.
The first new weather record was set at 2:33 a.m., when Anchorage saw its high temperature top out at 45 degrees. That tied the city's daily record high for Nov. 16 set in 1967.
Colder air and moisture from a low-pressure system then moved into south-central Alaska shortly afterward and set the stage for a more wintry record to be toppled.
Snowfall from the storm began in Anchorage during the morning and lasted the rest of the day, totaling 8.4 inches by midnight. That set a calendar day record for the city's most snowfall on Nov. 16. The previous record was 8.3 inches set in 1958.
Setting a calendar day high temperature and snowfall record on the same day isn't common, but it's happened before.
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