Jason E. Andersen

Bonus Fun Fact: Iowa receives an average of 34.9 inches of snow per year. Oddly enough, Dubuque is the snowiest city in Iowa, with an average of 42.5 inches. On the other hand, Mount Rainier, in Washington state, gets a whopping 645.5 average inches of snow each year. Mount Rainier also holds the worldwide record for highest snowfall in a year, with having received 1,224 inches between February 19, 1971 and February 18, 1972.