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What are the nearest to equator places on the sea level which can form snowpack which doesn't completely melt during whole winter (from December 1th to February 28th/29th, I doubt that stable snowpack in Southern Hemisphere can be formed outside Antarctica and mountains). By region.
In Europe, I'm almost sure it is somewhere in Southern Russia or Ukraine.
In USA, it's probably somewhere in Missouri or even Kentucky.
In Asia... ???
In Asia, I've read places on west coast of Japan at 36-37 latitude retain their snowpack throughout the whole winter because of the sheer amount of snow they receive despite having means barely below freezing.
In the USA, southernmost place (in the Midwest) which will retain their whole snowpack throughout the winter is likely Central/ Northern Iowa/Northern Illinois/Southern Wisconsin, in the Northeast likely some place in higher elevation Pennsylvania or maybe even higher elevation West Virginia. Missouri and Kentucky can probably get about a month or 6 weeks worth of snow cover during the winter (maybe 2 months during a cold winter) but never throughout the whole December 1st-February 28th period.
Pyongyang does but Seoul does not, so I'm guessing somewhere along the NK-SK border?
China at the same latitude does not - too dry.
EDIT: oh you mean just one winter. I'm guessing somewhere in central China during 1816 and 1817, possibly at the latitude of Chengdu.
Edit: I think in an extreme case, Missouri or Kentucky could definitely have 3 months of snowpack. Maybe even northern Arkansas or higher elevations in Tennessee.
What about Europe? I suppose, Bulgaria can keep snowpack during whole winter in the colder years?
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