List of countries receiving snowfall

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Cyan = snows at 1000m or below; Blue = may snow at or below 1000m, but very rarely; Magenta = only snows higher than 1000m
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Cyan = snows at 1000m or below; Blue = may snow at or below 1000m, but very rarely; Magenta = only snows higher than 1000m

This is a list of countries receiving snow.

Contents

[edit] At or below 1,000 meters above Sea Level

[edit] Europe

(every country except Malta)

Winter's afternoon in a suburban English garden
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Winter's afternoon in a suburban English garden

[edit] Asia

[edit] Africa

Africa no significant snowfall at or below 1000 metres.

[edit] North America

States which are usually covered with snow in a typical winter are Alaska except for some coastal areas and islands, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts (except for Cape Cod), Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York (except for Long Island), Pennsylvania, most of New Jersey, northern Delaware, Michigan, northern Ohio, northern Indiana, northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, western Colorado and the Front Range, Idaho, northern and eastern Utah, northern Nevada, and high-altitude areas of Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia. However, the dry area just east of the Rockies in eastern Montana and Wyoming and the western Dakotas (the northern High Plains) is quite often snowless.
  • Mexico - Snow occurred near sea level in the northern part of Tamaulipas (across the border from Brownsville, Texas) on Christmas Day, 2004.

[edit] South America

  • Argentina
  • Chile
  • Brazil (very rare below 1000m, but common in higher elevations in scattered areas of the southern region)

[edit] Oceania

[edit] Countries where snow only falls at higher elevations

[edit] Europe

[edit] Asia

Snow in Amman, Jordan
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Snow in Amman, Jordan

[edit] North America

[edit] South America

[edit] Africa

[edit] Oceania

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