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Most of Vancouver is around 1-10 with some areas at 10-20. Last winter most of the suburbs east of Vancouver had snow on the ground from early Dec until mid Feb for a total of around 70-80 consecutive snowcover days.
I'd really like to know what's influencing these high snowfall totals.
I checked (using NY Central Park data) and it's pretty obvious it is temperature, most significantly J-M temperatures. When it is cooling, snow totals go up. When it is warming, snow totals go down (trend). Precipitation shows no trend.
This is true for any period you can use. Warming trends show less snow, cooling trends show more snow. Many other stations (but not all) show the same thing. Of course other quality stations in other states show the exact same thing. Temperature goes down, snow fall goes up.
Be happy that there is even a chance for winter in the US South, because it is really a region that should be warm year-round in the first place.
Whether it SHOULD BE warm year-round or not, it hasn't always been. Yes, we have had the occasional really warm winter, but over the past few years it's gotten progressively worse.
Whether it SHOULD BE warm year-round or not, it hasn't always been. Yes, we have had the occasional really warm winter, but over the past few years it's gotten progressively worse.
All I'm saying is that cold-lovers in the SE US are quite spoiled compared to those similar latitudes most other locations on Earth. Therefore, there should be more appreciation for the fact that it is even able to get cold (even if it becomes more and more fleeting).
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