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Vancouver's coastal climate has nonetheless allowed it to be ranked in 59th place under the category of "Most huge snowfall days (25 cm or more)", placing it above cities like Calgary and Toronto as Vancouver averages 0.13 days annually with snowfall accumulations above 25 cm (9.8 in) (within a calendar day).
The series of snowstorms broke a 44-year-old record for the snowiest Christmas ever, with up to 28 inches (71 cm) of snow accumulated in some parts of the South Coast. It was the first "official" white Christmas in Vancouver since 1998. In fact, Vancouver would be the Canadian city with the greatest snow depth for the Christmas Day of 2008.
In the Greater Vancouver Area and Vancouver Island, British Columbia, 6–20 inches (15–51 centimetres) of snow fell on November 26 and 27, with Abbotsford recording the heaviest amount at about 45 cm (about 1.5 feet). [3] At least 1 person was killed by the snowfall in British Columbia. [2]
Monday night's snowfall was Vancouver, B.C.'s first measurable snow of the season -- 1.2 centimetres recorded at the airport -- its earliest in more than 31 years (Oct. 28, 1991).
Washington, Oregon, extreme Northern California, Vancouver Island, and southern British Columbia Part of the 2007–08 North American winter storms The Great Coastal Storm of 2007 was a series of three powerful Pacific storms that affected the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia between December 1 ...
On December 13 a strong frontal system impacted the western coast, dropping 77.5 millimetres (3.05 in) of rain on downtown Vancouver, [5] and 67.0 millimetres (2.64 in) at the Vancouver International Airport. [6] Snowfall warnings were also put in place for the Coquihalla, and other high elevation places. [7]
At least two people have died and hundreds of thousands are without power as a second powerful bomb cyclone approaches the Pacific Northwest and Northern California, causing high winds, heavy rain ...
In the lowland areas, it has been over a year since measurable snow last occurred. "The last time Portland experienced an accumulating snow was Jan. 13, 2024, when 1.6 inches fell," pointed out Danco.