List of countries receiving snowfall

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     snows at 1000m or below      may snow at or below 1000m, but very rarely      only snows higher than 1000m
     snows at 1000m or below      may snow at or below 1000m, but very rarely      only snows higher than 1000m

This is a list of countries receiving snowfall.


Contents

[edit] Countries where snow falls at or below 1000 meters above sea level

[edit] Europe

(every country except Malta)

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

[edit] Asia

Snow in Amman, Jordan
Snow in Amman, Jordan

[edit] Africa

[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, Pennsylvania, most of New Jersey, northern Delaware, Michigan, northern Ohio, northern Indiana, northern Illinois, Missouri 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 - In northern states as Chihuahua and Durango, also around the capital city in the tall mountains and volcanoes. Snow occurred near sea level in the northern part of Tamaulipas (across the border from Brownsville, Texas) on Christmas Day, 2004.

[edit] South America

[edit] Oceania

[edit] Countries where snow only falls at higher elevations, more than 1000 meters above sea level

[edit] Europe

[edit] Asia

[edit] North America

  • Dominican Republic
  • Guatemala
  • United States - Hawaii snow is only received on the highest peaks (above about 2700 m)
  • Mexico.Snow is common in the volcanoes in central Mexico and sometimes occurrs in the northern states during the winter months , mostly in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain chain as well as in other parts of the states of Chihuahua,Sonora,Coahuila and Nuevo Leon .However the average snowfall in these states is not high being similar to that of the southwest U.S.(except for the mountain areas where snowfall is higher).It is important to note that most of these places are more than 1000 mts above sea level.

[edit] South America

[edit] Africa

[edit] Oceania


[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/snow-is-bucketing-down/2006/11/15/1163266585600.html
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