17 cm: This Canada locale has seen this much snow so far this month
Most Canadians aren't ready to hear this kind of news, but 17 cm of snow has already fallen in this part of the country in July
While talk of cold temperatures and snow is not on the mind of most Canadians right now, there has been a part of the country where that has been a common occurrence in July.
And the location? Northern Canada, so not to worry if you're living in a populated city in Western or Eastern Canada.
Alert, Nvt., has received 17.0 cm of snow in July so far--making it the remote community's snowiest month of 2026 so far.
It might be surprising to see this happen in the summertime, but it's not really rare for Alert since it is the northernmost, permanently inhabited place on Earth.
This has happened 17 other times since records began in 1950.
Previous years include 1954, 1955, 1964, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2017 and 2018.
Its July snowfall normal is 12.8 cm, lagging behind April (13.2 cm) and May (17.1 cm) for its snowiest of the first seven months of the year. The most snowy month in Alert typically occurs in the fall, with September and October averaging 30.5 cm and 25 cm, respectively.
More snow is possible in the final days of July in Northern Canada as a swirling, low-pressure system moves snowfall across Ellesmere Island.
With files from Rachel Modestino, a meteorologist at The Weather Network, and Nathan Howes, a digital reporter at The Weather Network.