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WEATHER SUMMARY
FOR ONTARIO AND THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 11:35 A.M. EST MONDAY 26 JANUARY 2026.
DISCUSSION.
A LARGE AND STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA PASSING BY TO THE SOUTH OF THE
GREAT LAKES BROUGHT A LARGE SNOWSTORM ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN
ONTARIO SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. IT CREATED SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON
TRANSPORTATION WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE
TO NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. MANY SCHOOLS HAVE
BEEN CLOSED FOR TODAY ACROSS THE GREATER TORONTO AREA TO WATERLOO
REGION.
OF NOTE ARE THE SNOWFALL TOTALS AT TORONTO PEARSON AIRPORT. THE
DAILY TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 46 CM SUNDAY IS THE HIGHEST DAILY TOTAL
SNOWFALL ON RECORD. THIS BRINGS THE JANUARY 2026 SNOWFALL TOTAL TO
88.2 CM WHICH IS THE SNOWIEST JANUARY AND SNOWIEST MONTH SINCE
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1937.
LOCATION AND SNOW AMOUNT IN CENTIMETRES:
TORONTO CITY CENTRE 56*
TORONTO PEARSON AIRPORT 46
TRENTON 43
ONTARIO STORM PREDICTION CENTRE DOWNSVIEW 37
BELLEVILLE 35*
VINELAND 20*
WELLAND 18*
LONDON 17
UXBRIDGE 17*
HARROW 14*
OTTAWA 13
BROCKVILLE 13*
PETERBOROUGH 12*
BRANTFORD 10*
KINGSTON 10
DELHI 10*
MOOSE CREEK WELLS 6*
EGBERT 5*
* DENOTES ESTIMATED TOTALS VIA AUTOMATED SENSORS
FOLLOWING ARE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO FROM
VOLUNTEERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA.
LOCATION AND SNOWFALL AMOUNT IN CENTIMETRES
SCARBOROUGH SOUTH 65
TORONTO DOWNTOWN 61
ETOBICOKE SOUTH 53*
OAKVILLE 50
BRIGHTON 50*
MISSISSAUGA SOUTH 49*
BURLINGTON 46*
CONSECON 45*
SCARBOROUGH EAST 35
VAUGHAN 28*
OSHAWA 12
AURORA 11*
KITCHENER STANLEY PARK 10 TO 15
* DENOTES TOTALS FROM COCORAHS VOLUNTEER OBSERVATIONS
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SUMMARY MAY CONTAIN PRELIMINARY OR UNOFFICIAL
INFORMATION AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A COMPLETE OR FINAL REPORT.
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