Where Is All the Snow This Season in Ontario?

Southern Ontario typically sees its first snowfall by November, so why hasn't there been any yet? Meteorologist Jaclyn Whittal explains.

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[petewalton]

I live north eastern Ontario and my boat is still in the water, might go fishing today. 😆

[MisterTee]

With all of the hot air from the politicians there, how can you expect there to be snow ?

[JaneMurray-digq]

It will come and then we’ll all bitch about having to shovel it!

[andyanderson]

Toronto has been experiencing shorter and warmer winters. It has been rare that I have to shovel.

[SilverSprings]

1969, 1966 and 1950 were not 40 years ago 😆🤣

[glennryzebol]

Where is all the snow?? The examples shown are the exception, not the rule. It's not even mid November yet folks. In my 25 years of commercial and industrial snow removal, i found it extraordinarily rare to have a meaningful amount of snow, shovelable and plowable snow, at this point in the season.

[oldpossum]

Love it or hate it, the snow is crucial to agriculture. It protects the crops that farmers sow in the autumn, like winter wheat. The snow melt feeds the aquifers. The thaws that Southern Ontario has had the last few years in February are really worrisome.
As Ontario’s climate changes, the aquifers will be more and more depleted. Field crops like corn & soy go into feed for livestock. (Putin’s war in Ukraine has disrupted livestock feed prices worldwide, increasing the cost of beef, pork, chicken.)
Food prices will increase.
Pray for snow!

[Nancy-nntc]

My mother remembers learning to downhill ski on thanksgiving weekend back in 1959. It was normal to have deep snow by then.

[Shonade_Malik]

This winter may not be the absolute warmest we've had, but it really looks like it'll be the driest winter (especially for southern Ontario).

[Lisalovesmill]

I'm loving this warm fall. I hope we get a warm winter with no snow.

[TheNewMediaoftheDawn]

For Toronto and the GTA it was usually end of November, December, traditionally and not always, so we are still only a tad higher temps than normal so far…. But winters have been trending warmer these days.

[normdickson]

Nov 20 1993 we got a amazing snow storm last time I saw it really snow were we got a few feet of snow not counting the 6 foot drift the next day best sled riding ever

[buffystclair]

A career repairing cars over the last 45 ish years, October, November you couldn’t book a car in . Bias ply snow tires, the big luggy ones, winter thermostats and tuneups . Now, Insurance companies give you a discount on your car insurance if snows are installed by December 1, (Ontario), over the last 5 plus years we don’t see accumulation that stays till January. Heck, it’s getting rare to see a white Christmas in southern Ontario. My eldest has a snow plow business that I have filled in for when needed, maybe 4 events last year and probably 6 snow events the year before. She did get a lot of salting lots tho .

[DannyBoyPhelan]

I love snow! Call me crazy but I enjoy having four seasons in Ontario n we've really only had three these past few years 😢

[TaKtiX]

Usually the first snowfall happens at the end of November, sometimes it doesn't snow until Christmas. Nothing unusual.

[Dinsdale]

Jaclyn is always full of good news. 😂👍👍

[ronpiticco]

Last two years in Toronto didn’t start snowing till inside of January.

[kyoatbites]

i live in elliot lake we had snow last week

[walleyperch]

It snowed in Manitoba... I do a lot of ice fishing and have noticed the winters are getting shorter...

[RedDevilMoto]

Although most of us hate the snow and wish for a winter without it, it is the opposite for

Here are some of the advantages of snow on your fields:

* Insulates dormant crops like wheat. A layer of snow insulates the crop helping to avoid “winter kill” during bitter cold temperatures.

* Snowflakes can contain trace amounts of nitrogen from the atmosphere that will help fertilize the next crop.

*The snow on top of a field helps to preserve the moisture already in the ground.

*Once the snow begins to melt it will also help to put moisture back into the ground. There is approximately one inch of water for every 10 inches of snow. This can vary with different wetness and thickness of snow.

* No-till farming can also help eliminate drifting trapping snow on the field for more water distribution as the snow melts.

Without snow in the winter, prices will increase as the lack of snow can and will affect winter crops.