90-95: Percentage of freshly fallen snow that is air
15: Width in inches of the record-holding snowflake, which fell on Fort Keogh, Mont., in 1887
270: Approximate number of people killed in U.S. avalanches in the past decade
20: Percentage who were killed in Colorado
326: Average annual snowfall, in inches, in Valdez, Alaska
Source: Discover Magazine
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