Page "Aomori, Aomori" Paragraph 17

Aomori and its surrounding area are renowned for heavy snowfall, in fact the heaviest among all Japanese cities.

In February 1945 the city recorded a maximum snow cover of, but the extreme low of was recorded 14 years earlier.

In contrast, Sapporo's heaviest snowfall occurred in 1939, and that was only, and more northerly Wakkanai has recorded similar maxima.

The particularly heavy snow is caused by several winds that collide around the city that makes the air rise and cool, resulting in rapid, thick cloud formation followed by intense precipitation.