Haines Borough workers and homeowners were shoveling roofs this week as rains fell on about six feet of accumulated snow.
Monday’s 21.5 inches of snow closed local schools and government offices and pushed November’s total snowfall to 129.8 inches. The previous record total for November, 68.6 inches, was set in 1975. Paul Swift, who maintains a cooperative weather station at Union Street, said 70 inches of snow was on the ground when the rain started.