Why do areas like Mansfield, Ontario, not receive the snowstorms that towns five and ten minutes west and north of it receive?
It is difficult to generalize the statement and say that any one location is significantly warmer, colder or receives less precipitation than a nearby location without looking at recorded meteorological information. For comparisons, local weather stations must be close enough together to detect differences between locations that are geographically close. Meteorologists often use the term local effects to describe large differences in weather over relatively small areas. The location of lake-effect snow bands is one example of a local effect.
