Weather/Snow Conditions.....

Corner Brook’s winter climate can be described using a variety of statistics but we think of our
January to March weather as “wintry”. We usually have lots of snow (the most of any city in
Canada) but not much in the way of blizzards. The chart below provides some Environment
Canada statistics for the last seven years. Averaging from the chart, our January temp is around
– 6˚ C with 96 cm of snowfall and 47 cm on the ground at the end of the month. February would
have an average temperature of around – 7˚ C, 73 cm of snowfall and about 57 cm on the ground
at the end of the month. March has an average temperature of about – 3.7°C, 61 cm of snowfall
and an average of 41 cm of snow on the ground at month’s end. All statistics are taken from
near sea level; because of the elevation difference; temperatures at the ski park are
approximately 2˚ C colder with corresponding increases in snowfall, snow retention and
snow on the ground.

	January			February			March
Year	Mean Temp	Total Snow	Snow on ground	Mean Temp	Total Snow	Snow on ground	Mean Temp	Total Snow	Snow on ground
2002	-6.8	72.0 cm	43 cm	-6.0	49.4 cm	37 cm	-3.8	55.2 cm	n/a
2003	n/a	106.8 cm	36 cm	-8.8	68.4 cm	60 cm	-6.3	55.3 cm	22 cm
2004	-6.4	119.4 cm	61 cm	-4.6	111.6 cm	65 cm	-3.0	58.8 cm	n/a
2005	-8.0	126.8 cm	82 cm	-8.5	64 cm	80 cm	-2.2	87.8 cm	75 cm
2006	-3.5	64.3 cm	24 cm	-6.2	57.2 cm	35 cm	-1.6	64.6 cm	17 cm
2007	-5.4	85 cm	40 cm	-7.8	61 cm	61 cm	-4.0	42 cm	33 cm
2008	-4.64	98.6 cm	43 cm	-5.11	98.8 cm	63 cm	-4.85	60.2 cm	60 cm