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Canada was recently ranked the most Christmassy country in the world, but Vancouver is the least likely Canadian city to see a White Christmas.
In fact, the oceanside city only has a 10 per cent chance of seeing snow based on Environment Canada's records of snowfall amounts from 1955-2017.
With that in mind, there's no denying that seeing snowfall on the big day can add to the magic of the holidays. Waking up to a winter wonderland with snowflakes falling can make the festive affair sparkle, but it isn't always preferable to travel extremely far north to guarantee that it will happen.
That's where the White Christmas Calculator comes in - it suggests the nearest city with a bigger chance of snowfall on the big day.
The Omni Calculator Project combined 30 years of NOAA’s climate research with the National Weather Service Report from 2017 to create the handy tool.
For Vancouver, it shows the typical depth of snow as well as the probability of at least 2 cm of snowfall. In addition, it comments on the probability of snowfall this year, joking adds that, "It seems that there will not be enough to build an igloo," and then gives the nearest cities with at least 10% higher chances for a White Christmas.
Omni Calculator
Want to know how fast your sled or your child's sled will travel down a hill? Omni even has a tool for that. The Sled Ride Calculator predicts how far and how fast the sled will travel, so you can know approximately what you're getting yourself into.
