Has it ever snowed in Los Angeles, or in any of Californias major cities?
In downtown Los Angeles, snowflakes have been observed on over 20 occasions in the past 100 years. However, on January 15, 1932 more than 5 cm of snow fell during the morning in the downtown, the most ever recorded on one day in Los Angeles. Even the beaches at Santa Monica were white with snow. San Diego received a centimetre of snow that remained on the ground for a little more than an hour. San Francisco’s most memorable snowfall came on February 5, 1887 when snowfall blanketed the city with 10 cm. In these areas, snow is most likely to fall along the coast when a strong northeasterly flow of cold air descends from the mountains. The snowiest place in North America is the Cascade Mountain range in Washington State where over 1500 cm of snow falls on average every year. Canadas snowiest location is Glacier National Park in British Columbia where nearly 1500 cm of snow falls annually.
