Originally Posted by Former Lancastrian (Post 12430973)

A January month of winter in Vancouver
It's rained 24 out of 29 days so far this month. :rofl:
It sucks:' Vancouver reacts to seemingly endless rain
'It sucks:' Vancouver reacts to seemingly endless rain - British Columbia - CBC News Multimedia

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 12431011)

I have yet to see any figures but snow-wise I'd say this is our least snowy winter in my time. This is my 13th. It's been very cold for more longer periods than usual.

Of course, February hits this week and we generally get more than half winter's snow from now on. But that won't be hard this time.
Before it began snowing today there was barely any snow on the ground, just the odd patch.

Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 12431344)

What gets me this January is the wild fluctuations in temperature. Anywhere from +12 to -28. We've had 10 days above zero and eight below -20

Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat (Post 12431399)

We've had similar fluctuations - although not with the extremes of course. Monday night through Tuesday morning we had 18cm of snow and ice pellets, then some freezing rain then actual rain and drizzle through to this morning. It's currently +7 but by evening it will be -4. No idea how much snow we've had in Jan but really only one big (30cm) storm. It's certainly been milder and wetter than any January I can remember. I'm sure February and March will remind us that winter is not done yet though.;)

Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 12431344)

You've had 132cm this winter, about 10cm less than us. We're about 30cm down on this time of year last year but if February and March do what they did last year, we should pass the average total of 220cm.

What gets me this January is the wild fluctuations in temperature. Anywhere from +12 to -28. We've had 10 days above zero and eight below -20

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 12431417)

132? That's a shock. That would make it about normal by now then with another 150 to come. Really doesn't seem like it.

I can never find a source that gives snowfall amounts by the winter. They all seem to be Jan-Dec.

It's often hard to take any real meaning from the official total figures and even individual ones sometimes. Like once when they said 10cm fell and I was shovelling more than knee deep and not just from drifting.

Our winter average is supposed to be 282cm but I remember reading it's been several years since we had one that low. There was one winter when judging by how little I had to go out and shovel and how little was on the drive compared to normal that I was convinced we'd had less than half the usual amount but the paper gave out normal amounts.:confused:

Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 12431434)

You can get very detailed numbers here.

https://weather.gc.ca/canada_e.html

Just click on the city, or province and then pick the location. When you have your location, scroll down to the bottom to the historical bit. It'll tell you all you want to know. You can even download the data to a spreadsheet, if you are that sad (like me).

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 12431448)

Thanks...I'm not seeing it by the winter though. It seems you can do it by the month/year and then make your own winter record. I'm interested but not that interested. :o If so many resources can give month by month and then the total of Jan to Dec, why can't they give the total for Nov to April (or Nov to Oct, effectively the same thing)?

A few years ago when we had that ridiculous winter - the one where people posted videos of the snow at the top of the doors - almost day by day the paper was carrying reports about whether we'd reach the previous record for a winter so there must be some interest.

The one that really gets my goat is where a report tells you what the highest and lowest temperature was for "today"...the highest might be 31/1/53 and the lowest 31/1/92. So bloody what? That tells you nothing of any use. :frown:

Originally Posted by Moses2013 (Post 12431454)

The easiest way to get data, is set up your own weather station:lol:. While some data for snow is reliable, it's pretty pointless when the data comes from the mountains or a location 50km away.

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 12431460)

I think it comes from the airport here, 10km away.

Originally Posted by Moses2013 (Post 12431491)

How to measure snowfall is always a difficult subject. Naturally an airport will also have less snow if you have to keep a runway clear and I doubt they actually really make an effort to measure the area with most lying snow. Measuring rain is obviously a lot easier as you can use a rain gauge.

Originally Posted by Souvy (Post 12431413)

You had 63.8cm in January, as of yesterday.