Juneau officially set the all-time record for winter snowfall on March 23, measuring the total since Oct. 1 at 201.2 inches, according to the National Weather Service Juneau.

That’s almost 17 feet.

Juneau’s snowfall for the month as of March 30 was 69.2 inches, also a new record.

The record season of snow began with exactly one inch of snow during November, well below the historical average of 13.8 inches.

Then it ramped up.

A record 9.6 inches fell at the airport on Dec. 6. An additional four inches fell Dec. 7, causing widespread power outages.

Snow returned in force on Dec. 15 when yet another record was set with 9.2 inches of accumulation, putting the monthly total at 29.3 inches — well past the monthly average of 20.2 inches. But what Juneau residents now commonly refer to as “Snowmageddon” or “Snowpocalypse” was just getting started.

A mass snowfall event began Dec. 27, with Juneau receiving the most accumulation during a five-day period in recorded history, with some areas reporting depths of more than six feet over the five days.

The December snowfall total at Juneau’s airport reached 82 inches, shattering the old record of 54.7 inches set in 1964.

The results were damaging and costly as boats and their shelters sank, and roofs at businesses collapsed.

The fuel canopy at Fred Meyer's gas station collapsed on Jan. 1 and the store itself was evacuated due to roof safety concerns. Snowload concerns at that store and the Nugget Mall would result in both being closed for multiple-day stretches.

A snowfall disaster declaration, announced Jan. 6 by Juneau’s municipal government and by the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, was ratified by the Juneau assembly a day later, allowing state aid to help with clearing and repair efforts.

More heavy snowfall during the first half of January also saw heavy rain that resulted in high avalanche, roofload and flooding concerns. An evacuation advisory for hundreds of residents living near slide paths resulted in an emergency shelter being set up at Centennial Hall where some families lived for days, while residents in other areas struggled to keep their homes from being deluged by floodwaters.

On Jan. 13, City Manager Katie Koester told borough assembly members that — with the help of more than 200 workers flown in on one plane and a load of shovels on another — that more than 3 million pounds of snow had been shoveled from roofs of municipal facilities and schools.

More snow fell in February, and March started with a record 7.3 inches on March 3, followed by a series of snow showers during the month.