Snowiest Cities

[George K]

https://vividmaps.com/snowiest-us-cities/

By the way, wrt the map, Naperville (#25) is not where the map shows. It's about 30 miles southwest of Chicago.

Oh, and welcome to Hurley, Wisconsin.

[LuFins Dad]

I’ve told Karla that on my list of things to accomplish in the next few years is a White Christmas. Unfortunately, December is such an important month for me at work, that we’re going to probably have to go to one of the resorts in Vermont because I may have to fly in and out, but there is nothing like having sleigh rides and caroling out in the snow…

[LuFins Dad]

@lufins-dad said in Snowiest Cities:

I’ve told Karla that on my list of things to accomplish in the next few years is a White Christmas. Seeing as how we are also a ski family, my dream is to go to Salt Lake City…Unfortunately, December is such an important month for me at work, that we’re going to probably have to go to one of the resorts in Vermont because I may have to fly in and out, but there is nothing like having sleigh rides and caroling out in the snow…

[taiwan_girl]

Neat table. It made me think so I looked up the "snowest" cities in the world.

There is some variation, but all the sites I looked at seem to rank #1 as Aomori City in Japan with an average of 312 inches per year!!!

"Aomori is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. As of 1 April 2020, the city had an estimated population of 278,964 in 136,457 households, and a population density of 340 people per square kilometer spread over the city's total area of 824.61 square kilometers. Aomori is one of Japan's 60 core cities and the core of the Aomori metropolitan area."

[89th]

As a new resident near Minneapolis... I am surprised that the number 1 and 2 cities are nearly 2.5x more than here. Then again, it's December 1 and we don't have any snow in the forecast for at least another week or more.

[Klaus]

I'm surprised that the density of the dots doesn't have its maximum along the northern border. For instance, no dots in ND or MT.

[89th]

I think it's mainly due to the typical polar jet stream path, combined with mountains or great lakes.

[Copper]

@klaus said in Snowiest Cities:

I'm surprised that the density of the dots doesn't have its maximum along the northern border. For instance, no dots in ND or MT.

No cities

[brenda]

The data only includes 200 cities in the US. I'd like to see a broader list.