Canada's halftime snowfall check-in, see how your city measures up
This halftime snow report is sponsored by La Niña, although there have been some snow surprises in Canada this season.
Don't judge how much snowfall a season delivers in the middle of January. When the final flake falls, many Canadians will be surprised by the end tally.
This halftime snow report is sponsored by La Niña, although there have been some snow surprises this season.
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The basics
Looking at 10 Canadian cities, find out where you sit among your peers.
Hey, Halifax, Ottawa has received 23 times your snowfall total through Jan. 17. Ahead of Halifax, there's a tight pack, but some surprising cities are defying the odds. Both Victoria and Vancouver have received exactly 54 cm of snowfall -- and that's well above average.
More details
Calgary, you wouldn't know it over the past several weeks, but several snow events in late 2022 are keeping things near average, for now. Victoria, after one of your deepest December snowfalls in city history, you're nearly 300 per cent of normal. Yikes.
Halifax, this will improve, I promise. Seven per cent is paltry, and historically the lowest on record. It's a little surprising Ottawa and Montreal are running above normal, bucking the Eastern Canada trend. They have benefitted from being away from the warmer Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes.
It reiterates that a milder winter doesn't necessarily mean below-normal snowfall.
Don't let your guard down
Although La Niña argues for the colder air to shift west in late January, there will be plenty of cold air to interact with low-pressure systems across Central Canada. It is, after all, historically the coolest time of the year over the next several weeks.
We're watching a pattern change that will slip the jet stream and storm track farther south, allowing a lot of cities to catch up on the snow action they've missed out on. Happy shovelling, Canada.
