Top 10 Snowiest Cities on Earth
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- 10. Buffalo: Located just east of Lake Erie, which borders the winter wonderland known as Canada, Buffalo experiences more snow than most major Canadian cities, which tend to be known for long, snowy winters. Buffalo residents also experience increased production of snow due to the meteorological pattern known as “lake-effect snow”, which drastically increases overall snowfall.
9. Rochester: located fairly close to Canada, south of Lake Ontario, Rochester deals with large amounts of lake-effect snow that occasionally leads to blizzards. Sustained winds that exceeded 60 mph battered the regions, blowing snow from the lake. Snow drifts of up to 30 feet accumulated in some areas.
8. Akita: Home of Akita Castle, a fortification built around 733 A.D., Akita has a population of more than 320,000 residents. It achieved the designation of a “core city” of Japan in 1997. The first two months of the year tend to dump the most snow on the people of Akita, with an average of 54.3 inches in January and 42.5 inches in February - over 90% of its average annual snowfall.
7. Saguenay: Saguenay is located about 120 miles north of Quebec City, capital of the province of Quebec. Formed through a merger of four smaller cities - La Baie, Laterriere, Chicoutimi and Jonquiere - Saguenay has a population of more than 144,000 Francophones living close to the Saguenay River and Lac Saint-Jean.
6. Syracuse: Syracuse is located in the state of New York, situated close to a lake - in this case both Lake Ontario and Onondaga Lake. Metropolitan Syracuse has a population of more than 144,000 in the city with more than 662,000 people living in the surrounding metropolitan region.
5. Quebec City: The second biggest city in the province of Quebec, Quebec City is one of the oldest cities in North America and features some of the most beautiful architecture and culture inspired by the city’s French and European roots.. Quebec celebrates the winter with the annual Quebec Winter Carnival. This year marks the carnival’s 60th anniversary.
4. St. John’s: St. John’s is located in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador and receives the most snow on average than any major Canadian city. This city is believed to be the oldest in North America and sprung from some of the first wave of settlements from European interlopers.
3. Toyama: This area of Japan receives so much snow on an annual basis that that the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route - Yuki no Otani - features giant walls of snow on both sides that tower over all drivers, completely blocking the view. Toyama is the capital of the Toyay Prefecture and is home to over 417,000 residents.
2. Sapporo: Sapporo is the largest city on this list, with a population of nearly 2 million. The fourth biggest city in Japan is the second snowiest on earth, with nearly 17 feet of snow per year on average. Similar to Quebec City, Sapporo puts on an annual festival, known as the Sapporo Snow Festival, welcoming about two million tourists during the event.
1. Aomori City: By far the snowiest city on earth is Aomori City in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. This location averages a whopping 26 feet of snow per year, more than a 100 inches more than Sapporo, the next snowiest city. The reason Aomori City receives an incredible amount of snow is its location in high elevation among the Hakkoda Mountains, Aomori Bay and Mutsu Bay, combining cold northern air with snow production aided by adjacent bodies of water.
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You need moisture for snow to form, the reason for japan having so many snow is that the dry air from the north went across japan sea before reaching japan.
Some of these comments are so dumb I swear. Living in a snowy city is not the same as living in a cold one. That should be common sense.
@SvzdL Snow forms when moisture is picked up from a large body of water. Sometimes, it is picked up in the form of water droplets and turned to ice in the atmosphere or in some cases where the temperature is cold enough, like when the Great Lake effect happens in the United States, the water that is picked up suddenly turns to ice. A lot of people don't know this but for a place to be cold you need to have very low winter precipitation. The reason for this is that the oceans and seas around the poles are much warmer than the land. Precipitation from the sea makes a climate away from the equator warmer because the clouds and the warm moisture keep the air warm. This is why the coldest days of the year are almost always the sunniest as the clouds are not there to keep the heat in. Siberia gets very cold mostly because of two reasons. One is the oceanic currents and the other one is the Siberian High. During winter, Western Europe is warmed up by winds from the Atlantic, which is partially why it is so rainy during winter. On the other hand, the Siberian High pushes winds outwards from the desert of Mongolia, so they don't bring much precipitation. Japan is the only Asian country that gets such high amounts of snow because the Siberian winds pick up moisture from the Sea of Japan. However, the Sea of Japan also warms up those winds so the cities are not very cold in the end. The third snowiest city, Toyama, actually has an average winter temperature well above freezing temperature. The average temperature there in January is about 3°C. That is because there is enough moisture for lots of precipitation to fall and there are also cold enough winds for that moisture to turn into ice (though about half of it's actually rain). This is partially why Seoul is about as cold as Sapporo despite being much further South. On the other hand, Seoul doesn't get much snow unlike Sapporo.
In short words, snow forms when cold winds meet a warm body of water
@@Ricky911_ smart👏👏👏
@BigfootSquad BWPP برينان وايت ꪜ so, what you're saying is it snows on Mars more than it does on Earth, right? Cause it's way colder than Earth. Just because somewhere is cold, it doesn't mean it's gonna snow much. The colder the air is, the less moisture it can hold. This is why a city like Aomori doesn't get much below freezing. Siberia is literally a desert. It doesn't get more than a few feet in most places. Aomori gets just warm enough to have an abundant amount of Winter precipitation but it also gets cold enough to make sure most of that snow. The driest place on Earth is literally located in Antarctica. It's called the "dry valleys". It hasn't rained or snowed there in 2 million years. That's why they don't have any snow even though temperatures never rise above freezing. I'm not saying a tropical country gets more snow than, let's say, Siberia. But, at the same time, there are places that are significantly warmer than Siberia that get way way more snow. Btw, if you had any common sense, you'd also know liking your comment is quite dumb. I can tell. Just sayin
@@Ricky911_ you are right but you need to chill out, in my case I’ve never seen snow in my life so I also had the wrong idea that the colder the place the more snow it gets until I did a little research and I learned that’s not always the case.
Guys snowiest place doesn't mean it's the coldest place too. Some places in Europe, Central Asia and Mongolia are a lot more cold than these all places but don't have very much snow.
Clever 👍
Right100%
@Platon Kachkaev She didn't say they didn't have any snow. Just not as much as the places that made the list.
I’m the same guy but on a different acc, Trust me, there is more snow in Russia than in any European region. Not this year. This year is the hottest in the century, the guys on the news said.
@@killasucceeded the video is based on the highest snowfall of cities not countries. russia is not a city is it?
Very odd that on a video about the top 10 snowiest CITIES on Earth, a load of people are asking why certain COUNTRIES aren't included. The clue is in the title of the video.
Love the music in the background ❤
You forgot to add Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador to the list.
Corner Brook receives over 420 centimetres of snow on average each winter whereas St. John's receives only 300 centimetres.
Main reason for Corner Brook getting large amounts of snow during the winter is "sea effect snow" where the relatively warm waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence collides with the Cold Arctic air coming from the Labrador Peninsula.
While Corner Brook's average winter snowfall levels are impressive, they are Canada's snowiest city, Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula area receives substantially more snow, notably St. Anthony with over 500 centimetres per winter.
Even most of the Eastern Labrador Peninsula area gets over 400 centimetres of snow per winter.
John Barrett Thanks For The Information. Thanks a Lot.
That's nothing, Syracuse NY typically gets 508 centimeters per season
@@jrftworth st Anthony NL receives 550 cm to 570cm every year. Extremely snowy year normally receive almost 1000cm of snow.
Where is City of yellowknife coldest city in canada has 6 months of winter
And yakutsk coldest city in the world
And I don't see any cities in Russia coldest countries in the world why?
@@BMWRR-rg5ev They are cold but don't have a lot of precipitation. Most snow falls on East coasts of continents at middle latitudes (Northern Japan and Newfoundland for example) and windward sides of mountain slopes (Columbia mountains in British Columbia for example).
you only took north american and Asian countrys -.- what about russia, finland, sweden,norway?
I agree!!!!
+Christian Arvesen :)
yea :/
+Nials Even the North American ones were wrong lol.
Nials it rains too much in Norway
here in brazil snow sometimes, but in the south of the country
Same thing in Africa
@@fullmetaltheorist Africa is a country?
@@zentesar7865 It's not but most people don't know much about Africa so I didn't bother to specify.
@@fullmetaltheorist But still I lived in South Africa and it never snowed.
@@zentesar7865 It snows in the Eastern Cape and Free State and sometimes Johannesburg.
Waow. Wish i could stay in any of those cities. I love snow
facts@WEB . Great video! What's the music btw?
Live in buffalo awful snow but we get a lot of snow days so that's the best art
Aidan 98
I wish i could experience a snow.
I wish there's a snow here in Philippines
😂 if you could have a choice of snow, would it be the fluffy light snow that is easy to shovel? Or maybe the heavy wet snow that is great for making snowballs or snowmen but gives people heart attacks when trying to remove it?
Very interesting! Thanks to all d commentators fr d info they hv given here.
I think it's funny people are complaining because their not the snowiest.
These places depend on how strong is the snowstorm, but there are many places in the world where its snowing all the time even if it's light snow like Helsinki in Finland or Moscow in Russia. ( taking averege into account ).btw, in Amman,Jordan ( where I live ) it's cold in winter because it's high ( I'am talking about 1300m above SL. in some areas) and we see the snow like 4 or 5 times every year. Also the temp. reaches 10 degrees under zero espacially from 21of December till the middel of Febreury.For warming the houses we use the centeral heating system ( hot water ) these systems are so popular in Eourpe as well, but its a little bit costy so some people prefere to use other heating systems ( cheaper but not that difference ).
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lol in parts of Canada we get snow 12 months a year and -10c in the summer lol.
@@Weakypedia_ where other countries get that?
@@Weakypedia_ name me one town that gets snow around the year
Longyearbyen gets 3 snow days july to august vs 10 - 20 days in alert, and resolute Nunavut. no where in mainland Norway does it get that many snow days let alone in mainland Norway.
Snow falls from the clouds. The material of the clouds is water. The place where it snows a lot is cold, near the sea, and there are high mountains nearby.
Snow and cold are different. There are places in russia and Siberia etc that can get WAY colder but they don’t have much precipitation. They are basically extreme cold deserts. While North America receives tons of precipitation yet does not get nearly as cold
True, but that's why I looked up the snowest not the coldest
Actually, world's top 9 snowiest cities are all in Japan. There are no snowier cities in North America, Scandinavia and Russia.
1, Asahikawa, 743cm of snow per year
2, Aomori, 669cm
3, Joetsu, 635cm
4, Sapporo, 597cm
5, Nagaoka, 595cm
6, Yamagata, 426cm
7, Toyama, 383cm
8, Hakodate, 381cm
9, Akita, 377cm
All of those Japanese cities have populations over 200,000. If you include smaller cities, Tokamachi (50,000+ population) is the snowiest city in the world with 1170cm annual snowfall.
Moreover, a village in Japan called Hijiori has over 16m snowfall every year.
Corner Brook actually gets more snow than Toyama, Hakodate, and Akita, every winter. In fact, that Canadian city gets an average total winter snowfall of 420 centimetres.
Meh, idk, we got 15 foot drifts in an average 8 footer in West Seneca (NY) one year not long ago
sapsen501
it doesn't happen often but last year where i'm from got about 4 feet of snow in two days
Uhm no capracotta in italy broke the workd record of snowiest city ever. It had 111 inches of snow in under 17 hours
True
Syracuse, NY checking in. It's (finally) snowing right now.
My kind of places 😍💓
Remember, the video's about the snowiest cities, not the areas that get the most snow. Cities in upstate NY tend to get whopper snow storms because of their proximity to the great lakes. I believe that is also true of some of the Canadian cities listed. Major cities in Sweden, Finland, and Norway tend to be centered in the coast areas where temps are usually moderated by the ocean currents. Average annual snow fall in Moscow is approx 152 cm (or roughly 60 inches.) By contrast, Buffalo, NY, #10 on the list averages 93.4. Stockholm averages 30-60 snow per year.
Frankly, I don't know why Europeans are upset about this video. I don't view having the most snow anything to be proud of. You've got plenty of other good things going for you.
Well who said anything about major cities.. The point about Stockholm is stupid as nobody has claimed it's snowy. Random Swedish ski town I just looked up reportedly gets between 550-600 cm snow. I don't even know which city is the snowiest here, but I'm pretty sure it gets a lot more snow than most of the US cities on the list. Also pretty sure Norway and Finland have even snowier cities than that.
The data result changes if you google it from cities to ski towns, but then most of the snowiest ski places are also in North America. I don't think whoever collected the snowfall data intentionally listed up only cities in the U.S. (and Japan), and I'm pretty sure Scandinavian counties were included in the data. Most people know it snows a lot more in Norway and Finland than in most of the U.S. cities. Those listed U.S. cities as the snowiest just happened to be the snowiest. Some particular areas in North America (where it gets cold enough to snow) are more humid than the places known for tons of snowfalls in Norway and Finland. It's the humidity. That's why it snows more.
Yeah but In the upper peninsula of Michigan cities get way more snow then upstate New York from Lake Superior
The top Japanese cities (200,000+ population) have over 700 cm (275 inches or 23 feet) annually. The top US cities may get half that.
Moscow is in Europe?
Damn!!!! And I thought my winters were bad...
I like the music used.what it title?
There's way higher amounts of snow in some cities in Hokkaido : Aomori receives "only" 6,70m per year whereas Kimobetsu receives more than 11m per year !
Kimobetsu is a town, not a city. Read the title
you left out Valdez, Alaska and Paradise, Michigan. both cities/villages always get over 12 feet of snow per year.
Alaska is an entire state, Valdez also is in Alaska, and they don’t get 12 feet of snow a year
aomori gets 26 feet of snow per year tho
I have been to Angel Fire New Mexico and seen snow twenty five foot high on the roads leading into Red River New Mexico and Angel Fire sky resorts. By the way are great places to snow board . Great mobiles. SEMPER FIDELIS
Some of the people in this comment section are so dense. Can't people differentiate between the 2 words "snowiest" and "coldest"? Being the snowiest city doesn't automatically mean it is the coldest, and vice versa
Me in Florida like...
exactly
I know right
I live there and we are going to japan 😲😲😲😨😨😨
I don't think thats correct...where are the Russian cities?
YEAH RUSSIA AND FINLAND
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Siberia is like a semi desert, in order to snow you need MOISTURE and a temperature below 0 C (32 F). Mount Rainier is the snowiest place but that is not a city. The Nordic countries are warmed up by the gulf stream and their winters are mild compared to places with same latitude ( Exept Greenland).
Russian cities don't get enough precipitation to be on the list. Siberia is literally a fucking cold semi-desert. How is snow gonna come down, genius?
Russia Acully doesn’t bet that much snow
Wow brilliant
I'm in Canada BC and it is crazy out here.
on what basis have you taken these,,seachen is the Indian town one off highest snowfalls here..
I'm surprised that North Dakota didn't make it on that list they get a lot of snow
I love it
I only see snow when the temperature is around 0 to -10 degrees Celsius like Antarctica is 🥶 but doesn’t get snow at all it’s just frozen
Nice 💜💜💜
waoo lovely place💕💕💕💕
Central Russian cities, Norway, Sweeden, Finland, Kashmir's Gulmarg and Sonmarg are the snow cities of the World
India View naming some snowest countries and slowly sliding kashmir into it lol.. Gosh Indians will do anything to make them feel good.. looking for an opportunity to bring kashmir into it hahahahhaaha. Indians please 😅😅😅😅
sunehri awaaz Kashmir is already in India stupid
Espicially the Gulmarg
And don't worry we have a north east , Shimla , etc etc
sunehri awaaz you are also an indian
Gulmarg & Sonmarg are not cities.
@@sunehriawaaz3182 Jammu Kashmir himachal parade uttarakhand Sikkim arunachal Pradesh total 10 lacks square kilometers area ice fall in india
snow is sooooo beautiful but i would not want to live in a place that snowed. i live in Phoenix AZ, sunshine all the time, so if i want to see snow, i can visit someplace that has it.
japan is awesome
Where's Russia on the list? This can't be right
Russia is too dry, however Japan and Northeast America has humid winter.
Sean Yang That's right. Coldness is not the only factor that determines the amount of snow that falls. Whoever complaining about this video does not seem to have googled the data.
Lord Damianus seriously, if I know who you were in real life I'd probably just beat you up on a weekly basis, you need slapped around a lot.
Kyle Hurd lolool. I've struck a nerve. :D
Tim Summers what I thought
I live in Rochester NY lol so truee
Basically Japan and North America
honestly you must have just Googled pictures of places with alot of snow and all that came up was snow storms so you just used those 😂
Totally because on Saguenay's picture (#7) the stop sign is in english. It should be written "arrêt" on it which means "stop" in french.
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(: jessyca :) a lot is two words
(: jessyca :) 1:34 look at that Venice license plate And it’s someplace in japan
And 2nd one was norway
Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada, had a season total of 1280cm. Over 40 feet. Was snowboarding there last year. That was its record snowfall but it averages well over 1000cm per year. About 33-40 feet.
Representing Syracuse NY!
Not as bad as here in Abu Dhabi. Very snowy city.
There must have been lots of snow, as they spread so much sand, hahaha, Right?
😂 50c in summer and coldest time in winter 15 not any snow just sand
the most beautiful song....can you tell me the song name please?
I live in Quebec City!
You seem to have left out Valdez, Alaska 🤔
No# 3!! Wow
So the snow is snowier than before?
every comments have overlooked ''cities'' in the title. Siberia has no people like these cities. there have not meet condition. So this ranking is not wrong. this ranking only take into consideration cities.
You forgot Houghton, MI, which receives 250 inches (635 cm) of snow on average per year as well.
Jerry Christin in the alps a average winter in damüls gets 9 metres of snow. ON AVERAGE so youre a scumbag
Houghton is not a city. It's a small town with less than 8k people
amo frio, amo gelo! por que não nasci no Canadá?! :(
He did put Canada
Mas quem convive com o frio, quem mora em país frio, abusa o frio e ama o calor. E nós convivemos com o calor e amamos o frio, vai entender né...
imagine the snow in Toyama Japan fell down O_O
Damn you, nature. DAMN. YOU.
Yakato at Northern Canada???
1 of our cold temps in winter is -50 celsius
in quetta pakistan temperature goes to -18 but not great snowfall
but in muree it is -2 but snowfall is eveywhere
You missed Dubai.
xD
halfvolley11 Hahhahahahha
Snow melts in 2 seconds
There must have been lots of snow, as they spread so much sand, hahaha, Right?
desert snow and hot like a hell.. hahahaha
I'm from Boston USA, I absolutely love snow, I'm in the minority, most hate it, I even love driving in snow, some winters we get quite a bit but not like these areas, the great lakes are a snow machine.
Looking like so beautiful but can't stay their
I'm From Buffalo, man its crazy out here 😂
Shyana Hemingway Try living in the north of Canada where we average temperature of -32 degrees Celsius during winter.
Weak, Try living in the north of Siberia (Norlisk) where we average temperature of -54 degrees Celsius during winter
Try living on mount ranier with 680 inches of Snow.
Where Winnipeg?
Toyama had the highest wall . How did they managed to clear that ?
Meanwhile in northen italy… -25ºc
I miss Syracuse NY
hwy the f*** didn't you take something from Norway.😭
true or sweden or finland
Freaken Russia...
A couple of years ago St John's Newfoundland got 19 feet or 6 metres of snow that winter. People were climbing out their 2nd story windows to dig their way to the front door. Around the great lakes its common to have squalls that dump 2 feet of snow in one place and 5 miles away the sun shines. In the Rocky Mountains you can have storms that dump 4 to 8 feet of snow in a day. come to Canada if you want to see what winter is all about.
Norway or Iceland and Greenland. Not to mention Alaska in the winter where the jets just land on top of snow that has been dusk plowed only to keep the planes sliding straight. SEMPER FIDELIS
japan has more than snowfall than norway.
Valdez AK, average 306 inches, max 46 feet.
Who else loves snow like me???
Hahaha❤
i live in the ne of america we get like 5 ft. of snow sometimes
Super
You forgot shepherdstown WV we had 41in snowzilla
i love snow my from west azarbaijan urmia
I heard that the most snowy place is Gifu, Japan. No?
Not one city in Alaska named?
Valdez, Alaska should be #1 with 325 inches of snow.
Good 🌍🌍🌍
Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Island??
Iceland*
Much of Northern Europe doesn't get nearly as much snow in permanently inhabited cities as you think, and most of Russia (like Northern Canada) is so cold that its essentially classified as a desert and gets nearly no precipitation, the snow just never melts because its so cold
Don't see any cities in northern canada
Like yellowknife in northwest territories
It's coldest city in canada
@@edgarsantos2550 is not because of the Cold but the High Pressure and the Lack of Moisture.
@@pepethesaddestfroginhistor2969 I do agree to an extent but I was sorta operating on the presumed knowledge that extreme cold always comes with high pressure and dry air, usually snowstorms come in warmer temperature spells
Watertown New York receives more than Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse.
That is just too much snow.
The best one is buffalo great people beer and snow...Dont forget our bills...
i had season tickets for 12 years right thru superbowl years. ive seen it all with bills fans, our tickets won 2 tickets for the game in tampa in 1991 i went to lots of concerts those ones at bills stadium in 70s@80s i went to timon high school for free cause my dad was a football coach, i was a freshmen in 1977 when that blizzard hit. it was weird drinking beer in the morning at bills games. its crazy how much snow we get. my mom goes to sisters house in florida every winter. its cool that bills fans are so loyal even today.
Aaron DeNigro the bills suck😂
Top 10 Snowiest Cities on Earth
First two are in the US
Jeez...I thought the snowiest part of Japan is Hokkaido...and aomori is just second.😯
Amd The italy?? 2012??
You forgot Capracotta, in Italy.
what happened to Watertown ny
Where is Pakistan City
Gilgit, Marri, Sawat, Hanza, Ziarat, Qalat etc ???
Abdul Karim in Pakistan
Buddy...Actually none of our cities getting heavy snow,,,,My city mansehra is getting just snowfall for 30 to 40 mins during the whole year,,,,it is just one inch.......The rest r just mountain tops like thandiani, ayubia....
This is not only 10 cities. It's destination is north pole and south pole everywhere.
The title of this video should be the Snowiest places in United States, Canada, and Japan.
Great Lakes, Siberian winds, common sense? You know any of those? Clearly not. Besides, anyone with common knowledge would realise that all of these places are mostly either centred east of Lake Ontario or along the Sea of Japan. There is a Geographical reason for that.
@@Ricky911_ yes. but he's not saying anything.
in Finland only falls Nokia symbian
Why is there no information or comparisons to support any of these cities??
5/10 of these cities are 300 miles for each other
Greece has a lot of snow too there are villages who has 3-5 meters of snow like Evia Crete Pelion almost every year.. For example 5 years ago some mountains of Epirus had 10-12 meters of snow
I live in finland in Kajaani
How come we (Buffalo,NY) didn't make it to the list?
ye lmao dumbass
Where's Oswego, Moscow, Calgary Finland?
where is syberiya , ladhak ect
Its nice, but where is helsinki, stockholme, moscow, tampere?
they get more rain than snow cause they are surrounded or live close to warmer water
cocacoladog10
Well its not true man. I use to live in helsinki. Its true that the weather itz no so cold like sibir cause its close to water, but in the winter all the country became white and ice for something like 3-4 month. You feel the snow you live the snow every morning you go out to work you walk on snow or ice. There is all the winter monthes white in the eyes
take a look at helsinki's weather the next few days
you will see that it's + degrees
and even then
helsinki doesn't receive as much snow as the other cities cause they're more prone to the lake effect
It's funny, I have been to Buffalo NY in the summer and had no conception of the white death that would be visiting their city 6 months later