ANCHORAGE, Alaska>> Even by Alaska standards, there is a lot of snow this winter.

So much snow has fallen — so far, more than 8.7 feet — that roofs on commercial buildings are collapsing around Anchorage and officials are urging residents to break out their shovels to avoid a similar fate at home. As of Tuesday morning, a three-day storm had dropped nearly 17 more inches of snowfall, pushing Alaska’s largest city past the 100-inch mark earlier than at any other time in its history.

The city is well on track to break its all-time record of 134.5 inches.

Now, even winter-savvy Anchorage residents are getting fed up with the snow-filled streets and sidewalks, constant shoveling and six days of remote learning. It is already in the record books with this year’s snowfall, at eighth-snowiest, with a lot of time left this season.

“It’s miserable,” said Tamera Flores, an elementary schoolteacher shoveling her driveway on Monday, as the snow pile towered over her head. “It’s a pandemic of snow.”

Last year, 107.9 inches fell on Anchorage, making this only the second time the city has had back-to-back years of 100-plus inches of snow since the winters of 1954-55 and 1955-56. This year, the roofs of three commercial structures collapsed under loads of heavy snow. On Tuesday, there were no injuries when a roof partially collapsed on a fourth warehouse building. The Anchorage Fire Department said in a statement the cause was under investigation but reminded residents of the importance of clearing snow off roofs. Last year, 16 buildings had roofs collapse, with one person killed at a gym.

The city last week issued guidance urging people to remove snow from their home roofs. Officials said there were snow loads of more than 30 pounds per square foot.

“That is a lot of weight,” the notice said. It gave the example of a home with 1,500 square feet of roof with 30 pounds per square foot of snow, which would be supporting about 45,000 pounds, or “about 8 full-size light-duty pickup trucks.”

Signs have popped up all over town from companies advertising services to remove the snow from roofs.

Anchorage isn’t the only Alaska city beset by near-record snowfalls. So far this month, the capital city of Juneau had recorded 69.5 inches of snow. A storm could drop several inches of snow before the month ends, putting the monthly record of 75.2 inches set in 2009 at risk, said Andrew Park, a National Weather Service meteorologist. The deluge of snowfall this year prompted one Anchorage homeowner to erect a three-tiered snowman standing over 20 feet tall. Snowzilla has drawn people to snap photos.

Last week, Anchorage had below-zero Fahrenheit temperatures overnight for seven days, and it snowed only after it warmed up Sunday. But Anchorage residents may not be able to hold on to the old adage that it’s too cold to snow.

Sunday’s snowfall was the first time since 1916 that more than an inch of snow fell in Anchorage when temperatures were 2 degrees F or colder, said Kenna Mitchell, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service.

And a return to bitter cold is likely what’s on tap this week.

An upper-level high pressure system could move back in, dropping temperatures back to below zero at night, possible as low as low as minus 25 tonight, said Michael Kutz, another weather service meteorologist.

“This winter is definitely rough. But ... Alaskans are definitely built different,” resident Damon Fitts said as he shoveled the driveway at his residence.

“We can handle 100 inches of snow and still make it to work on time,” he said. “We can put up with a lot.”