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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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