Today In Useless Info - 'Snow'

More snow falls each year in southern Canada and the northern US than at the North Pole.

Large snowflakes can measure up to 2" across and contain hundreds of individual crystals.

The largest snowflake ever found was 8" by 12". It was reported to have fallen in Bratsk, Siberia in 1971.

In Germany, frogs were once kept as pets because they croaked more loudly when air pressure fell and when bad weather was coming. They acted like primitive living barometers.

An ice core 1,200 feet long can show what the climate was 1,400 years ago.

The lowest ever temp recorded was at Vostok, a research base in Antarctica on July 21, 1983: -128.6°F.

The heaviest snowfall in 24 hours is 76" at Silver Lake, CO 4/15/21

The heaviest snow storm occurred on Feb. 13-19, 1959 at Mt. Shasta Ski Bowl, CA: 189" of snow fell.