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    White Christmas Probability in Canada

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    Dreaming of a White Christmas?

    Live in Canada? Trying to figure out if there will be snow where you live come December 25th? Well, fear not my friends, Environment Canada has analyzed 55 years of weather records for major cities across Canada and calculated the probability of having a white Christmas.

    Cities:

    Calgary, Charlottetown, Edmonton, Fredericton, Goose Bay, Halifax, Hamilton, Kelowna, Kenora, London, Moncton, Montreal, Ottawa, Penticton, Quebec, Regina, Saint John, Sarnia, Saskatoon, St. John's, Stephenville, Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Sydney, Timmins, Toronto (GTA), Toronto City, Vancouver, Victoria, Whitehorse, Wiarton, Windsor, Winnipeg, Yellowknife

    Definitions:

    • Average Chance: probability of a white Christmas (snowcover of 2 cm or more on Christmas morning at 7 a.m.) for full period of 55 years
    • Chance Now: probability for children today based on period (1991-2009)
    • Chance Before: probability for parents today when they were children (1964-1982)
    • Perfect Christmas: probability of a white Christmas morning and snow in the air on Christmas day, i.e., a measurable snowfall on Christmas (1955-2007)
    • Snowdepth Now: average depth of snowcover (cm) on Christmas morning from 1991 to 2009
    • Snowdepth Before: average depth of snowcover (cm) on Christmas morning from 1964 to 1982

    Source: Environment Canada

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    Now this is how you format/stylize a dataset for the public.

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    It's the work of the fine folks over at Environment Canada :)

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    perhaps change license to CC-BY?

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    Sure thing. Done!

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    Disappointed no white christmas in TO

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    Well, there is still time to get to a city with better odds :P

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