What year did we have the ice storm in Toronto?
2013
The Dec. 19, 2013 ice storm was a “remember where you were” event. The storm was a result of a low-pressure system that formed over Texas and made its way to Ontario. The warm front from Texas mixed with the cold air mass in Eastern Canada.
What was the biggest blizzard in Canada?
1967 snowstorm is still one of Canada’s worst and it happened in April. On this day in weather history, storms started to pummel Alberta.
Is there a blizzard in Toronto?
No Alerts in effect.
When was the last time Toronto had a blizzard?
These records go back to 1847. Since then, the most amount of snow to land in one day at Toronto is 48.3 centimetres (19.0 inches) on December 11, 1944….Toronto – Extreme Daily Snowfall for Each Year.
| Inches | Date | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|
| – | 2020 | – |
| 10.4 | January 28, 2019 | 26.4 |
| 3.5 | November 15, 2018 | 9.0 |
| 6.1 | February 12, 2017 | 15.6 |
When was the worst snowstorm in Toronto?
Dec. 11, 1944
On Dec. 11, 1944, Toronto was hit with the worst snowstorm in the city’s history. The city pretty much halted, causing all sorts of businesses to close for the day.
When was the last big snowstorm in Toronto?
On Jan. 16 and 17, Toronto was blanketed with 55 centimeters of snow. It was more snowfall than the city experienced in January, February and March 2021 combined. A city staff report that will go before Toronto’s Infrastructure and Environment Committee on March 29, laid out the impacts of the extreme weather event.
When was the big ice storm in Ontario?
1998
This series of storm systems from January 4 through January 10, dubbed the ―1998 Ice Storm,‖ devastated the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Québec, as well as portions of the northeastern United States.
When was the biggest snowstorm in Ontario?
One of the worst winter storms in Ontario’s history is the “Blizzard of ’77”, that hit Southern Ontario and upstate New York, from January 28 to February 1, 1977. Within the first 4 hours of the storm the temperature dropped from -3 to -18C, with peak wind gusts ranging from 74 to 111km/h.
When was the last big snowfall in Toronto?
When was the last time Toronto got more than 30 centimetres of snow in a single day?…Toronto – Extreme Daily Snowfall for Each Year.
| Inches | Date | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|
| – | 2020 | – |
| 10.4 | January 28, 2019 | 26.4 |
| 3.5 | November 15, 2018 | 9.0 |
| 6.1 | February 12, 2017 | 15.6 |