Topic summary
Meteorological winter
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Winter.
Cause
The manifestation of meteorological winter in the northerly snow-prone latitudes is highly variable, depending on elevation, position versus marine winds, and the amount of precipitation. For instance, Winnipeg, a city in the landlocked Great Plains region within Canada, has a January high of −11.3 °C (11.7 °F) and a low of −21.4 °C (−6.5 °F).