But the stories allow him to vivify the arguments of the 19th century--of modernity versus reaction, secularism versus religion, monarchy versus republic, the countryside versus the city, Sacre-Coeur versus the Eiffel Tower.
The lake-effect largely contributes to the 55 inches (140 cm) to 80 inches (200 cm) annual snowfall amounts recorded south and east of the lake, with average snowfall amounts exceeding 600 inches (1,500 cm) in the Wasatch Mountains.
Tamarack, California, holds the record for the most snow in a calendar month with 390 inches (32.5 feet) in January 1911. That is nearly twice the average snowfall during an entire winter in very snowy Marquette, Michigan, which averages about 204 inches annually.