Newfoundland Storm Recap

Employees work to clear snow from the roof of a supermarket in St. John's, NL on Feb. 16.

A powerful low pressure system approached Newfoundland from the southwest early Wednesday morning, Valentines Day, and slowly made its way across the Grand Banks over the next 48 hours before departing the area Friday afternoon. The long lasting storm delivered significant snowfall accumulations and high winds.

The following is a summary of weather event information received by Environment and Climate Change Canada.

1. Summary of snowfall in centimetres:

• Gander Int'l Airport: 86.9 cm

• Gander West: 80.0 cm

• Terra Nova National Park: 68.8 cm

• Victoria (Conception Bay North): 66.0 cm

• Paradise: 61.8 cm

• Kilbride: 58.0 cm

• Clarenville: 57.0 cm

• St. John's East: 53.6 cm

• St. John's - Blackhead Rd: 53.1 cm

• St. John's - Pippy Park: 50.1 cm

• Conception Bay South: 48.5 cm

• St. Lawrence: 46.5 cm

• St. John's Int'l Airport: 44.2 cm

• Lethbridge: 39.0 cm

• Whitbourne: 34.0 cm

• La Scie: 26.6 cm

• Badger: 23.8 cm
  

2. Summary of peak wind gusts in kilometres per hour:

• Cape Pine: 145 km/h

• Green Island (Fortune Bay): 145 km/h

• Lamaline: 138km/h

• Sagona Island: 120 km/h

• Bonavista: 116 km/h

• Grates Cove: 107 km/h

• St. Pierre: 104 km/h

• Cape Race: 101 km/h

• Calvert: 100 km/h

• Argentia: 98 km/h

• Pool's Island: 97 km/h

• Twillingate: 94 km/h

• St. Lawrence: 89 km/h

• Gander Int'l Airport: 87 km/h

• St. John's Int'l Airport: 85 km/h

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada