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Old 09-30-2013, 08:59 PM
 
Location: Gatineau, Québec
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Approximate average winter snow depths for some of the major cities in Canada:

Toronto: 10 cm or so (can have decent snow free periods in winter, though snow in woods and in piles almost always visible)
Montreal: 20 cm or so (snow free periods also possible but much rarer than Toronto)
Ottawa: 25 cm or so
Vancouver: 0 cm (snow rarely stays for more than a day or two and winter is generally snow free)


Some record snow depths:

Toronto: approx. 70-75 cm (1999)
Montreal: probably around 100 cm
Ottawa: over 100 cm*

*I live in Gatineau which is right next to Ottawa. In Feb. 2008, after a near-record winter for snowfall, lying snow in my backyard was almost as high as my fence, which is 1.5 m or 150 cm or feet high.
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Old 09-30-2013, 09:15 PM
 
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It was during that winter of 1978-79 when the city recorded it all-time deepest snow cover of 29 inches/73.7cm on Jan. 14, 1979.
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Old 10-01-2013, 08:11 AM
 
Location: Glasgow, UK
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The average cover would be 0, rounded to the nearest whole number. Unfortunately, weather stations in this country don't keep good records of snowfall. The deepest snowfall that I personally can remember is 8 inches in December 2000, although in surrounding areas to the west of the city (eg Renfrewshire), snow reportedly accumulated up to depths of 15 inches.
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Old 10-01-2013, 01:58 PM
 
Location: Finland
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Peaks at around 25 cm in mid March. Northern Lapland averages around 80 cm.
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Old 10-01-2013, 02:10 PM
 
Location: London, UK
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We average 0cm of snow cover throughout the winter. When it does snow (up 5 times a year) typically one of those snowfalls would include accumulation of around 5cm. Snow will generally melt during the day however in recent winters snow will lie on the ground for up to a week but again only around 5cm of snow.
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Old 10-01-2013, 02:12 PM
 
Location: North West Northern Ireland.
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The average cover would be 0, rounded to the nearest whole number. Unfortunately, weather stations in this country don't keep good records of snowfall. The deepest snowfall that I personally can remember is 8 inches in December 2000, although in surrounding areas to the west of the city (eg Renfrewshire), snow reportedly accumulated up to depths of 15 inches.
0cm. Yea right, I think thats a bit exaggerated.
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Old 10-01-2013, 03:03 PM
 
Location: Aberdeen, UK
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Average is around 20 days with snow lying. Peak depth usually 10-15cm.

Record days with snow lying is 72 in 1947. Recently I recorded 62 days in 2010.

Record depth for the city is around 70cm in December 1908. 50cm in February 1955 is the most recorded at the airport.
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Old 10-02-2013, 09:30 AM
 
Location: Glasgow, UK
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0cm. Yea right, I think thats a bit exaggerated.
Noooo...on most days there is no snow on the ground. The few days we do have an accumulation of snow wouldn't be enough to bring up the average to half a centimeter or more, in my estimation. There isn't any low lying site in the UK which has snow on the ground more often than not during a typical winter.
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Old 10-02-2013, 09:45 AM
 
Location: Leeds, UK
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Average days with snow on the ground is 10-20 days, according to the Met Office maps. .
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Old 10-02-2013, 10:01 AM
 
Location: North West Northern Ireland.
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Same here. 15 days.
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