Revealed on Nov. 30, 2024, 2:00 AM
Toronto’s snow drought lastly ended this week
We lastly noticed measurable snow in Toronto on Thursday, marking one of many newest first snows ever recorded on the airport.
Thursday’s snow might have been the primary spherical of flakes we may see this weekend as potent snow squalls develop throughout the Nice Lakes area. Some communities within the conventional snow belt areas may see as a lot as 100 cm of snow by this weekend.
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We’ve endured certainly one of our mildest autumns on report throughout Toronto. In truth, downtown Toronto nonetheless hadn’t fallen under the freezing mark as of Friday afternoon, marking 243 consecutive days above freezing—the longest such streak on report.
Whereas there’s a lot to get pleasure from a few gentle fall, the snow-lovers amongst us haven’t been pleased with this flip of occasions.
Toronto-Pearson Airport reported 0.2 cm of snow on Thursday, Nov. 28, marking the second-latest first snowfall ever noticed on the airport. The newest first snow ever recorded at Pearson occurred on December 1, 2009—so we missed tying the report by only a few days.
Small snow possibilities heading into the weekend
As lake-effect bands drop copious quantities of snow close to Lake Huron and Georgian Bay, the Better Toronto Space (GTA) will stay comparatively snow-free all through the period of the occasion. There’s the possibility for some places within the GTA to see some passing flurries into Saturday, however Toronto ought to escape the flakes.
