Originally Posted by caretaker

Last winter (2012 - 2013) we also had 4x the normal snowfall. On this date last year there was 33cm on the ground; today just a trace. I know a few men who plow and haul snow and they said even though there were a couple of 35 degree days last summer the snow dump never completely melted, so at the bottom of this years pile there is still ice from 2012. I don't expect that will be of any comfort but it kept me off the street for a few minutes.

Originally Posted by flat to the mat

Normal snowfall for Regina is 1.7 m , the new record was set in 2012/13 and that was 1.98 m , nowhere near 4x .

Originally Posted by caretaker

The rest blew in sideways so never got properly recorded.

Originally Posted by BristolUK

Now that you mention it, I was looking out at our last blizzard and as well as side to side the snow was 'falling' up as well.

Sooner or later it would have fallen back down. Perhaps it gets counted twice.