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Originally Posted by crazyjoeda
Im surprised how little snow western Europe has, if you look at where London is you can see how it would be iced over if it was at the same latitude in North America.
I also find it interesting to see that in December British Columbia is mosly snow except for Greater Vancouver and the Island. Although its worth pointing out much of that snow is likly on mountian tops since the province is pretty much all mountains.
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Yup, pretty much all of British Columbia, Washington and Alaska is mountainous and its not so suprising that the coast range is pretty much covered in ice and snow year around.
The fact that western europe is relativley snow free is not that suprising to me. Most of Western europe is not very mountainous, and it is much more mild then places in the United States at the same lattitude due to the fact that it is surrounded on all sides by water.
Plus as someone already mentioned the jet streams moves from west to east. A city like London or Copenhagen which is much farther north then most American cities is way more mild in the winter time. Consquently the east coasts of most continents tend to have drier colder winters.