Environment Canada has released some statistics on this week’s storm that saw much of the island coated in a blanket of snow, just in time for Christmas.
A fast-moving system tracked across the country this week, before it intensified off the south coast of the island on Christmas Eve. Heavy snow began that day, followed by periods of snow and gusting wind with blowing snow over Christmas and Boxing Day.
According to information collected by Environment Canada as of 1 p.m. on Friday, Mount Pearl tracked some of the most snow accumulation with about 37 centimetres of snow having fallen.
St. John’s International Airport tracked a little less, with 35 centimetres before the snow ceased.
While there were some strong numbers across much of the island, Stephenville Airport saw some of the least accumulation on Environment Canada’s list, only reporting about eight centimetres having fallen.
Snowfall Amounts:
- Mount Pearl: 37 cm
- St. John’s International Airport: 35 cm
- Bay Roberts: 33 cm
- Terra Nova National Park: 33 cm
- Gander International Airport: 30 cm
- Deer Lake Airport: 29 cm
- Gander West: 28 cm
- Paradise: 26 cm
- Lethbridge: 17 cm
- La Scie: 14 cm
- Stephenville Airport: 8 cm
It wasn’t just snow catching some of this week’s high numbers, as Bonavista was slammed with some of the strongest winds, having reached a peak gust of 106 km/h.
St. John’s International saw a max gust at 87 km/h, while Gander International clocked a gust at 80 km/h.
While the snow eased off on Boxing Day, high winds created blowing snow and reduced visibility, prompting cautions for those hitting the roads on Thursday.
Maximum Gusts:
- Bonavista: 106 km/h
- Cape Pine 97 km/h
- Grates Cove: 96 km/h
- Twillingate: 96 km/h
- Green Island (Fortune Bay): 93 km/h
- Heart’s Delight-Islington: 92 km/h
- Bell Island: 90 km/h
- Cape Race: 88 km/h
- St. John’s International Airport: 87 km/h
- Gander International Airport: 80 km/h
