Winter dumps on Copenhagen, N.Y.

Heavy snow covers a roof near the village of Copenhagen, N.Y. (Glenn Coin / Associated Press)

March 12, 2015 9:29 AM PT

Copenhagen, N.Y., a hamlet in central New York, has earned the dubious honor of being the snowiest spot in the United States this winter, with upward of 20 feet of snow since Nov. 15.

Road signs are nearly obscured by snow near the village of Copenhagen, N.Y. (Glenn Coin / Associated Press)

Copenhagen Central School District ninth-graders, from left, Lukas Sullivan, Zachary Herbert, Sarah Wilder and Stephanie Aubin play in a snow pile in front of their school in the village of Copenhagen, N.Y. (Glenn Coin / Associated Press)

Snow began to melt in Copenhagen, N.Y., after the temperature finally rose above freezing this week, but most buildings, including the post office and its mailbox, remain packed in snow. (Tina Susman / Los Angeles Times)

More than 21 feet of snow has been measured this season just outside the village of Copenhagen, N.Y. (Glenn Coin / Associated Press)