# I want snow!  How to find it?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-snow-how-to-find-it/426755>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 16, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-snow-how-to-find-it/426755 "2007-11-16T20:26:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-snow-how-to-find-it/426755/22 "2007-12-23T20:15:05Z")

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[QUOTE=BJMoose]  
Oh, _Canada_. I think this time of year snow is the only thing on the menu there. . . .  
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We also have ice. 🙂

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**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-snow-how-to-find-it/426755/23 "2007-12-24T16:18:41Z")

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[QUOTE=Sunspace]  
We also have ice. 🙂  
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And you may keep it.

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**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-snow-how-to-find-it/426755/24 "2007-12-25T04:33:58Z")

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[QUOTE=Bugs Cunny]  
How far are you willing to drive? Somewhere at a high altitude like Denver might have snow.  
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While one of my favorite remembrances of Denver is a Thunder, Lightning, and Snow Storm, I do believe that traveling a few miles west of Denver, when the Rockies come into view, will convince one of the lowly flatness that is Denver .

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2007, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-snow-how-to-find-it/426755/25 "2007-12-30T05:54:24Z")

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[QUOTE=BJMoose]  
Oh, _Canada_. I think this time of year snow is the only thing on the menu there. . . .

**elfkin** : You can probably find the data you want on NOAA’s NWS website somewhere, but it’s probably spread all over the place (since I despise snow I don’t go looking for it and can’t say if they have any snow-only pages; they might). And most folks who take government data and reformat it usually want to be paid for their effort.  
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Thanks for the tip. If anyone else was wondering, I found the answer to my question [here](http://www.nws.noaa.gov/pa/climate_data.php) on the NOAA site - actual instructions on how to find what I was looking for on their site. Now I can accurately complain that we’ve gotten 3 feet of snow since December 1st. Lousy snow…

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