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There is no data for several towns of between 20,000 and 60,000 inhabitants such as San MartÃn de los Andes, Zapala, Pico Truncado and Caleta Olivia. I expect about 20/22 for San MartÃn de los Andes, 10/11 for Zapala and Pico Truncado and 5 for Caleta Olivia.
And what about Villa La Angostura? I read somewhere that its annual rainfall is around 2000 mm (vs Bariloche's 800, which is located just a few miles east of VLA).
VLA is at the same altitude as Bariloche, but considering it has more than double its precipitation, it must have much more snow than Bariloche (and much more than the other towns you mentioned).
And what about Villa La Angostura? I read somewhere that its annual rainfall is around 2000 mm (vs Bariloche's 800, which is located just a few miles east of VLA).
VLA is at the same altitude as Bariloche, but considering it has more than double its precipitation, it must have much more snow than Bariloche (and much more than the other towns you mentioned).
What do you think?
I didn't include it due to its lower population (12,000 inhab). According to some data I have from the Provincial Water Institute it rains about 1700 mm per year (I don't have the data right now). It's not like it would change anything. The problem would be the number of days with rain and how the pattern of rainfall/snowfall works. I suspect it gets more snow than Bariloche -in terms of days and accumulation- but maybe not by a large margin, close to 30 days I guess. I might be mistaken, though.
Bariloche itself is a case to look carefully. The station is in the Airport, at the East of the city. The older urban station used to record around 1,000 mm per year, and the higher neighbourhoods of the city are at around 1,000 metres above sea level, and they are still wetter.
Near the westernmost point of Rio Negro, Laguna FrÃas averages some 3,400 mm per year, yet I guess the proportion of winter rain is bigger than Bariloche's.
I lived in Invercargill for 6 years. It usually snowed several times a year but seldom settled, maybe once a year and probably only and inch or two. There was one year that was close to six inches, that stayed around for a week or so. Christchurch seemed like a snowier city to me.
Snow in Queenstown is much more common but still only settles 1 or 2 times a winter on average, The higher suburbs can have snow on the ground for a few weeks, some years. The biggest snowfall I saw there was 55 cm downtown, and 80-90 cm on the higher suburbs. I lived near Arrowtown (20 km from Queenstown) and snow was much more common there. It was common to have snow there, but nothing when I got to Queenstown for work.
There were goldmining towns ( a generous term) at altitude, where snow would have been on the ground most of the winter. Some of the places around here such as, Butchertown or Starvation Ridge, would have bleak winters indeed, if they had survived as towns,
By "several times a year," how often do you mean by that?
By "several times a year," how often do you mean by that?
Common enough for a few minutes of falling snow, to not seem like a big deal. I spent a lot of time there over six years, and would say there were 3-5 days a year with some falling snow, even if only for a few minutes. I saw falling snow only days before Christmas, one year.
Queenstown seemed to see settling snow1-2 times a winter, but more some years. Only a few km from town will see settling snow much more common -where I lived closer to Arrowtown, there was probably closer to 7-8 days with settling snow.
I had two winters in Christchurch, and the suburb where I was had settled snow twice, but it doesn't show on any records -I think that only snow in the city centre counts.
Common enough for a few minutes of falling snow, to not seem like a big deal. I spent a lot of time there over six years, and would say there were 3-5 days a year with some falling snow, even if only for a few minutes. I saw falling snow only days before Christmas, one year.
Queenstown seemed to see settling snow1-2 times a winter, but more some years. Only a few km from town will see settling snow much more common -where I lived closer to Arrowtown, there was probably closer to 7-8 days with settling snow.
I had two winters in Christchurch, and the suburb where I was had settled snow twice, but it doesn't show on any records -I think that only snow in the city centre counts.
Among big cities (above 1 million) have to be Mendoza and Santiago. Mendoza in particular recorded like 4-5 snowfalls in the last decade. So, that's close to one every two year.
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