I live in Canada. Do you know what that means? We have 2 seasons, snow and construction. They also tend to blend into one another making it difficult to tell exactly what season it is. It is the middle of February and I am sick of the snow. Since I am surrounded by it I decided a blog post on 5 crazy facts about snow would be something fun to do.
Every winter, at least one septillion snow crystals fall from the sky.
The average snowflake falls at about 3 mph.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, on January 28, 1887, a 15 inch wide, 8 inch thick snowflake fell in Fort Keogh, Montana.
The all-time world record for the largest snowfall in a single day was set in the United States on December 4, 1913, when Georgetown, Colorado received a staggering 63 inches of snow – more than five feet.
Some people suffer from Chionophobia, fear of snow.