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I'm not sure which years you grew up in Toronto, but historically there can be pretty large swings in the number of days of snow and inches of snowfall. A minu
by todd8 7y ago
I'm not sure which years you grew up in Toronto, but historically there can be pretty large swings in the number of days of snow and inches of snowfall.
A minute of googling revealed this for Toronto snowfall [1]:
year days total snowfall
2010 6 18.0 in (45.7 cm)
2018 13 36.5 in (92.8 cm)
I calculate from the limited data on that web page (years 2010-2018) that the mean snowfall in Toronto is 36.6 inches and the standard deviation is 13.8 inches.
It looks like snowfall is increasing not decreasing. However, such limited data doesn't really reveal what's happening or going to happen in the future. There were only 9 data points given on the page I found. Someone can undoubtably find official historical data for Canada that will be more useful.
[1] https://www.currentresults.com/Yearly-Weather/Canada/ON/Toronto/recent-annual-toronto-temperature-precipitation.php https://www.currentresults.com/Yearly-Weather/Canada/ON/Toro...
- nl 7y agohttps://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/2019/03/neige-accumulation-hiver-quebec-environnement-meteo-gel-degel/index-en.html https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/2019/03/neige-accumulation-... is a good data vis on how snow has changed in major Canadian cities. Ironically Toronto is the city least affected because of the great lakes, with little or no trend.
- Roujo 7y agoWow, the visualizations on that article are really well-made. I live in Montreal so it's a very interesting read, thank you for sharing it! =)
- aphextim 7y agoI live in Upper Michigan and have noticed that our area seems to be less effected than others. If you like data here is some information regarding snowfall in the U.P. http://funintheup.com/snowfall/upper-peninsula-snowfall-totals/ http://funintheup.com/snowfall/upper-peninsula-snowfall-tota...
- vzidex 7y agoInteresting, thank you! I guess I got caught up in my stress about this winter - while last winter did have a lot of snow, this winter has had nearly 0. Looking out the window of my office I see greenery, not snow, so I figure the huge swings from year to year are something to be concerned about.