As we wind up the snow season, I thought I'd post some preliminary snowfall statistics for Winnipeg up to the end of March as measured at my site in Charleswood. Overall, we had a little more snow than normal this past winter, but mostly due to one major snowfall at the end of December. Otherwise, it's been pretty average. As we Winnipegers know all too well however, snow season doesn't end until May around here, so these stats are not final yet(but let's hope they are!)
MONTH.........SNOWFALL.........NORMAL*..........DIFFERENCE
OCT 2006....... 19.4 cm ......... 5.0 cm ......... +14.4 cm
NOV 2006...... 20.4 cm .......... 21.4 cm ........ - 1.0 cm
DEC 2006 ..... 36.8 cm .......... 19.8 cm ........ +17.0 cm
JAN 2007 ...... 15.0 cm ......... 23.1 cm ........ - 8.1 cm
FEB 2007....... 21.0 cm ......... 14.2 cm ........ + 6.8 cm
MAR 2007...... 7.6 cm ........... 15.8 cm ........ - 8.2 cm
TOTAL......... 120.2 cm ......... 99.3 cm ........ +20.9 cm
(*NORMAL refers to average based on 1971-2000 period)
First measureable snow .................... Oct 10th (1.0 cm)
Beginning of persistent snow cover.... Nov 27 2006
Loss of persistent snowcover ............. Mar 28 2007
Deepest snowcover ........................... 51 cm (Mar 2, 3)
Most snow in 24 hours ...................... 29 cm (Dec 29-30)
Thanks for the snow stat wrap for this year! Chris in Westwood :-)
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