Even more snow
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- Jaline
50 cm = about 20 inches
http://www.canada.com/topics/new…
http://cfra.com/headlines/index.…First snowfall: Nov. 20
Number of days since first snow: 108
Number of days with snow: 83
Number of days without snow: 25
Number of days with snow cover: 108
Number of events with 10 or more centimetres: 10
Average number of 10-plus-centimetre events: 4
Average March snowfall: 39.8 centimetres
March snowfall to date: 47 centimetres
Number of teaching days in March if there are no more snow days: 13 secondary, 12 elementary
Number of school snow days to date: 5
Average number of snow days annually: 3
City snow-removal equipment: 700 plows and trucks
Snow removal budget 2008: $65 million
Snow removal budget 2007: $62 million; overspent by $5.2 million
Amount of salt used: 220,000-plus tonnes
Average amount of salt used: 150,000 tonnes
Amount of snow moved: 2.4 million cubic metres
Latest recorded snowfall in Ottawa: June 27, 1950
Latest measurable snowfall: May 25, 1961, 2.3 cm
Latest and heaviest snowfall: May 10, 1963, 15 cm
Number of days to spring: 15 (including today)I think it's almost over though. Just in time, with supposedly more daylight and everything.
- creative-0
One word: jealous :-(
- creative-0
I think someone needs to go make a QBN snowman...
- Jaline0
Also, it's very hard to climb up all the huge piles of snow, and the snow is quite soft. We lucked out in that sense, otherwise it would've been much harder to shovel.
- creative-0
We had snow a while back, though not on the same scale
- _eh_0
Yup just spent an hour moving it. I think they are saying this is the most snow in a season since like 1938, when the grand total was 205cm. And to think spring is less than two weeks away.
- _eh_0
- Jaline0
Yeah, it's crazy. My dad's car wasn't too bad. We had to start two more piles of snow to contain everything. There's a strategy you have to use.
- lherb0
Two people just cross country skied past my house on the sidewalk in TO 5 minutes ago.
- Point50
All I have to say is 'better you than me'... I can only tolerate the snow for about 1 hour out of the year, then I'm done with it.
- joyride0
nice, we got 10" in kentucky, these people cannot deal with a lot of snow, everything closed down before the snow came, so everyone could prepare... ha
- blaw0
Those stats are staggering. Holy smokes, Canadians.
- trooper0
can i come and live there plz!
- czawada0
Enjoy the floods!
- Check out the storm heading our way http://www.west-ches…creative-
- Yeah, I suspect a lot of water...Jaline
- AndyRoss0
That big storm just missed us. I feel relieved of a burden.
- Jaline0
It's a bit sunny outside now. Time to go shopping...