I thought, maybe, that those of us that live here could post when the 1st snowfall of this year is/was and maybe how often it snows and what sort of quantity we're shovelling. You never know some folk in the UK may find the info useful. What do ya think?

Looks like our first proper snowfall is today.

2-4cms is a reasonable average in any one time here. A heavy snowfall might drop 15cm. Prior to January, there's a chance that it'll thaw - a brown Christmas isn't unusual.

Accumulation over the whole winter period is perhaps 3ft.

I have too much property to bother with a shovel. ATV/tractor combo plows and shifts it.

It's been snowing for a fortnight without significant melting. We have a bit less than a foot on the ground.

Cochrane, Alberta - unusually mild October for 2008 (who's complaining?).

First snowfall - 4th November - couple of cm's - not worth shovelling. Melted quickly.
Next snowfall - 20th November - couple of cm's - not worth shovelling.

Nothing of note on the ground now.

Currently smug after watching Ontario and Atlantic provinces on Weather Channel. Smugness probably won't last long though, eh?

Last year, probably only shovelled small amounts of snow (max about 6cm) about 7 times. Too much brown grass on show. No snow at Christmas (though it did snow on Boxing Day). One major snowdump of about 25cm in May, but all melted and gone again in a few days. Come to Cochrane

Nowt. Keeps being mentioned on the weather reports but nothing ever comes of it.

Smuggity smug

No snow and temps in the double digits here in St John's. Dare I observe that the weather is actually better here than Vancouver at present?

First snow here October 28/29 (11.2cm). Then it melted. There have been 12 snow days since 10 November (total 21cm). The final snow fall last year was on 12 April. It was 23 degrees a week later and I got sunburn. Total snowfall last year 435cm (14.3 feet). That was unusual. The average is about 220cm.

Ditto here for Bragg Creek, although it does hang around longer here than Cochrane. Great tobogganing on Boxing Day down our hill!

First Sprinkling in South Lethbridge was november 3rd about 1cm
Second one this week about 1cm

amazing really to say the snow by this time last year was approx 1 foot deep

30cm here in NS last Friday night, mostly melted now.

joining the smug gang at the mo - just bloody cold here in Drum

We have about a dozen square inches of snow in the back yard where it's in shadow all day... otherwise nothing. So still no chance to test the snow tires after it all melted last weekend .

A light sprinkling here about 2 weeks ago. Quickly melted and nothing since. This time last year we had about 2 feet. We're running about 0 during the day and -6 overnight.
The snow fence is up and ready!

Apparently it snowed a little last week (while we were in Florida)

The weather channel keeps moving the little snow flakes further on the weekly chart.

Ski season kicks off tomorrow at Rabbit Hill

Where's my snow????

Linda

Have been having sprinklings of snow for around 3 weeks but had our first
major 'dump' around mid Nov and had 3 consecutive mornings last week of snowblowing the drive. We have around a foot and don't think we will be seeing green grass for a while! My children had a PA Day today and guess what we did - went sledging!!!