A major winter storm affected Southern and Northeastern Ontario Tuesday and Tuesday night. Many areas of Southern Ontario southwest of a line from Collingwood to Toronto had up to 10 cm of snow and ice pellets, followed by several hours of freezing rain. Significant ice accretion was reported in many areas from the freezing rain, along with a few power outages.
Total snowfall amounts as of 9:00 a.m. are shown below.
Location and measured snowfall amount in centimetres:
Muskoka 20
Smiths Falls (Volunteer) 37
Monetville (Volunteer) 36
Milford (Volunteer) 30
Ottawa Airport 29
Cornwall (Volunteer) 28
Drummond Centre (Volunteer) 22
Trenton Airport 21 (snow and ice pellets)
Lyndhurst (Volunteer) 21
Peterborough (Volunteer) 19
Stockdale (Volunteer) 19
Whitby (Volunteer) 17
Haliburton (Volunteer) 14
Wiarton 13 (snow and ice pellets)
Sault Ste. Marie 12
Chapleau 12
Wawa 11
Location and estimated snowfall amount in centimetres:
Bancroft 26
Petawawa Airport 25
Algonquin Park 24
Brockville 22
Pembroke 22
Cobourg 21
Beatrice 17
Peterborough Trent University 17
Uxbridge 16
Sudbury (as of 1:00 a.m.) 16
Barrie 12 (snow and ice pellets)
Toronto EC Headquarters 12 (snow and ice pellets)
Markham 11 (snow and ice pellets)
Ancaster (volunteer) 10
Peak wind speeds of 80 kilometres per hour or more are shown below.
Location and peak wind speed in kilometres per hour
Long Point 106
Port Colborne 102
Point Petre 83
