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Originally Posted by MonctonRad
Having lived in both cities, 40 cm of snow in Moncton is a nuisance. 40 cm of snow in Halifax on the other hand is a national emergency!!  |
Environment Canada has some pretty detailed weather stats on their website. One of the interesting sets is the count of days per year with snowfall over a given amount. I think they are much lower than people would expect:
Halifax Citadel
> 5 cm: 11.25
> 10 cm: 4.75
> 25 cm: 0.61
In other words, a 25 cm snowfall is expected less than once per year on average. Maybe about every other year once you account for years with multiple major snowfall events.
Here's Moncton (Airport):
> 5 cm: 18.93
> 10 cm: 10.11
> 25 cm: 2.2
Aside from the fact that these are probably much lower than people expect, it's interesting to note that the distribution of the size of events varies a lot from place to place. Halifax's distribution has a heavier than normal slant toward large snow storms, whereas the Prairie cities tend to have a large number of days with less snow.
A couple more really surprising ones. Days per year with > 25 cm snowfall:
Vancouver Airport: 0.13
Edmonton Airport: 0.09
Remember this the next time somebody from the Prairies goes on about how great they are at coping with major snowfalls there! They tend to get cold weather, many days with some snowfall, and a long period of snow cover, but they do not get a lot of big snow storms. This is pretty much to be expected for an area that's far away from major bodies of water.
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