Which climate is more likely to get a freak blizzard with 2 feet of snow? (snowfall, warm)

[AdriannaSmiling]

Which climate is more likely to get a freak blizzard with 2 feet of snow?


A) Oceanic London with cool, cloudy, and rainy winters and low standard deviations.

London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

or

B) Subtropical (warm end of subtropical) New Orleans with very high standard deviations in winter (yes, i know their winter averages are way higher than London but they are far more prone to cold snaps and extreme weather).

New Orleans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Caleb Yeung]

Judging by snowy days I'd say London.

[snj90]

I pick New Orleans. Stormier in general, with greater winter precipitation amounts and a higher standard deviation of temperatures in winter. The ingredients are more conducive to it, in my view, as it's near a warm body of water to provide sufficient moisture, but can still be penetrated by arctic air masses to allow for that precipitation to occasionally fall as snow.

[deneb78]

I think I'll go with London by a small margin...

[nei]

The Pacific Northwest (Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle) is nearly snowless but capable of a 2 foot snowstorm. London is somewhat similar to those cities, but there are some differences. But I'd lean towards London. It's hard to judge since London doesn't have snowfall stats.

[nei]

Houston got almost 2 feet from an 1899 storm. New Orleans only 4 inches, though. Could have just been the storm's path rather than anything climate specific:

Weather Extremes : Snowstorms in the South: An Historical Perspective | Weather Underground

[Yn0hTnA]

Anybody with common sense would know that London is the answer.

Originally Posted by nei

Houston got almost 2 feet from an 1899 storm. New Orleans only 4 inches, though. Could have just been the storm's path rather than anything climate specific:

Weather Extremes : Snowstorms in the South: An Historical Perspective | Weather Underground

It was the storms path, nothing more.

[B87]

Neither of these cities have ever recorded 2ft/60cm of snow.

[Ethereal]

London will still win due to its proximity to the north pole.

New Orleans is too southwards.

[The East Frisian]

I would say London by a margin. Maybe a very strong Lake Effect with north easterly winds could bring such large amounts of snow.