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name         Remy L.
status       student
age          10

Question -   How much snow does Antartica get in a year?


Dear Remy-

The weather station at the South Pole in Antarctica averages less than one
inch of new snow each year... 0.8 inches. The most
snow falls near the ocean, where some locations record an average of 15
inches of precipitation each year, but some of that falls
as rain.

Antarctica can be classified as a desert continent, with less than 10
inches of precipitation annually.

Wendell Bechtold, meteorologist

Forecaster, National Weather Service

Weather Forecast Office, St. Louis, MO
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