Two broken records

	Record Report
Statement as of 5:39 am EST on February 16, 2009 record event report National Weather Service Bethel AK 157 am akst Mon Feb 16 2009 ... Record precipitation and snow... 5.3 inches of snow fell here at the National Weather Service office in Bethel as well as 0.55 inches of water equivalent precipitation. The 5.3 inches of snow breaks the record of 3.4 inches of snow on February 15 1990 and the 0.55 inches of precipitation breaks the record of 0.31 on the same date.