Froid extrême, mois par mois dans le monde

Les semaines où la ville ne sort plus — dzud, pluies verglaçantes, moins trente.

Cette page est un avertissement, pas une recommandation. Froid extrême concerne 52 destinations sur SeasonMap ; les mois ci-dessous sont ceux où la période de risque est ouverte — la plupart des semaines passent sans histoire, et le score affiché à côté de chaque lieu reste le score climatique habituel, risque compris.

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Quand ça a lieu

Nombre de destinations concernées (froid extrême) ce mois-là. Les périodes bougent un peu chaque année.

Froid extrême en janvier

  1. Pétra 🇯🇴 JordanieSnow and winter closures · 5 janv. – 28 févr. (en général)Wadi Musa sits high enough to take snow in some winters, most recently in February 2024, which can shut the site for a day or two while the Siq and the Monastery steps are icy.79
  2. Nuwara Eliya 🇱🇰 Sri LankaGround frost at night · 5 janv. – 25 févr. (en général)Six degrees of latitude off the equator and still frost on the tea in the small hours.76
  3. Amman 🇯🇴 JordanieThe cold snaps · 20 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)Amman sits high enough that a Mediterranean depression can put snow on the hills two or three times a winter.75
  4. Mont Cradle 🇦🇺 AustralieAlpine weather in any month · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Snow falls on this plateau in every month of the year and the summit track can be a whiteout in January.74
  5. Ramallah 🇵🇸 État de PalestineThe cold snaps · 20 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)A Mediterranean depression can put snow on these hills once or twice a winter, and the steep streets and the roads out are closed for it.69
  6. Salamanque 🇪🇸 EspagneMeseta winter · 1 déc. – 28 févr.Eight hundred metres up on an open plain, so frost most mornings and a wind that finds every arcade.66
  7. Sa Pa 🇻🇳 VietnamWinter frost on the ridge · 15 déc. – 20 févr. (en général)Frost on the terraces above town most weeks and a dusting of snow on Fansipan in some years, which brings Vietnamese visitors up specifically to see it.66
  8. Atlanta 🇺🇸 États-UnisWinter ice storms · 1 janv. – 28 févr. (en général)Once or twice a winter freezing rain shuts the interstates, the airport and the schools for a day or two.62
  9. Raleigh 🇺🇸 États-UnisIce storms · 1 janv. – 28 févr. (en général)Snow is rare, but a few times most winters freezing rain glazes roads and trees.62
  10. Washington 🇺🇸 États-UnisSnow and ice shutdowns · 5 janv. – 28 févr. (en général)A few inches closes the federal government, the schools and half the museums, and freezing rain does worse to the bridges.59
  11. Murree 🇵🇰 PakistanThe snow rush · 20 déc. – 10 févr. (en général)The first heavy fall brings hundreds of thousands of cars up from Islamabad and Lahore in one weekend.52
  12. Sokcho 🇰🇷 Corée du SudYeongdong coast snow · 15 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)Cold air crossing the East Sea dumps on this narrow coastal strip in a way the rest of Korea never sees — a metre in a bad week.51
  13. Saint-Louis 🇺🇸 États-UnisIce storms · 15 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)The city sits on the freezing-rain line most winters, and an ice event does more damage here than snow: power out for days, the interstates closed and flights cancelled at Lambert.50
  14. Louisville 🇺🇸 États-UnisWinter ice storms · 1 janv. – 28 févr. (en général)The Ohio valley sits on the line where southern moisture meets cold air, so the winter problem here is freezing rain rather than snow.50
  15. Portland 🇺🇸 États-UnisFreezing rain and ice storms · 15 déc. – 20 févr. (en général)East wind out of the Gorge meets valley cold and glazes the city in freezing rain most winters.49
  16. Van 🇹🇷 TurquieExtreme cold and snow closures · 1 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)January and February lows regularly fall below -20C, and a single storm can bury mountain roads: heavy snow in January 2026 cut off roughly ninety village roads around Van alone.46
  17. Kaboul 🇦🇫 AfghanistanWinter cold and smoke · 1 déc. – 28 févr.Winters are severe by South Asian standards and the city heats itself with whatever will burn, so the cold and the air arrive together.45
  18. Parc national de Zion 🇺🇸 États-UnisIce on the high trails · 1 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)The shaded switchbacks up to Angels Landing and the East Rim glaze over for weeks and the park closes sections outright after a storm.43
  19. Cleveland 🇺🇸 États-UnisLake-effect snow season · 15 nov. – 15 marsCold air crossing an unfrozen Lake Erie dumps bands of snow on the eastern suburbs while downtown stays dry, and the split can be thirty centimetres over fifteen miles.43
  20. Srinagar 🇮🇳 IndeChillai Kalan · 21 déc. – 31 janv.The forty days the valley counts as the real winter: pipes freeze, parts of the Dal ice over, and heavy snow shuts the Jawahar tunnel and grounds flights for a day at a time.42
  21. Bozeman 🇺🇸 États-UnisDeep cold snaps · 15 déc. – 20 févr. (en général)Arctic air spills over the divide a few times each winter and holds the valley below minus twenty for days.40
  22. Détroit 🇺🇸 États-UnisDeep winter and lake-effect snow · 10 déc. – 1 mars (en général)Two months of grey, freezing days with the wind coming off the lakes and a snow event most weeks.39
  23. Milwaukee 🇺🇸 États-UnisDeep-cold snaps · 5 janv. – 28 févr. (en général)Arctic outbreaks off the plains can freeze the lakefront for days, and in the worst ones schools shut and buses run late.39
  24. Kars 🇹🇷 TurquieDeep winter on the plateau · 1 déc. – 15 mars (en général)Four months of lying snow on average at 1,800 m, and the town takes it seriously: double doors, stoves going all day, and roads out to Ani and the Georgian border that close without much warning.38
  25. Parc national de Shenandoah 🇺🇸 États-UnisSkyline Drive ice closures · 1 déc. – 15 mars (en général)The only road through the park sits on an exposed ridge and shuts in sections for ice and snow, sometimes for days.37

…et 22 de plus en janvier.

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Froid extrême en février

  1. Nuwara Eliya 🇱🇰 Sri LankaGround frost at night · 5 janv. – 25 févr. (en général)Six degrees of latitude off the equator and still frost on the tea in the small hours.83
  2. Pétra 🇯🇴 JordanieSnow and winter closures · 5 janv. – 28 févr. (en général)Wadi Musa sits high enough to take snow in some winters, most recently in February 2024, which can shut the site for a day or two while the Siq and the Monastery steps are icy.82
  3. Amman 🇯🇴 JordanieThe cold snaps · 20 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)Amman sits high enough that a Mediterranean depression can put snow on the hills two or three times a winter.80
  4. Salamanque 🇪🇸 EspagneMeseta winter · 1 déc. – 28 févr.Eight hundred metres up on an open plain, so frost most mornings and a wind that finds every arcade.73
  5. Ramallah 🇵🇸 État de PalestineThe cold snaps · 20 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)A Mediterranean depression can put snow on these hills once or twice a winter, and the steep streets and the roads out are closed for it.73
  6. Sa Pa 🇻🇳 VietnamWinter frost on the ridge · 15 déc. – 20 févr. (en général)Frost on the terraces above town most weeks and a dusting of snow on Fansipan in some years, which brings Vietnamese visitors up specifically to see it.71
  7. Mont Cradle 🇦🇺 AustralieAlpine weather in any month · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Snow falls on this plateau in every month of the year and the summit track can be a whiteout in January.71
  8. Atlanta 🇺🇸 États-UnisWinter ice storms · 1 janv. – 28 févr. (en général)Once or twice a winter freezing rain shuts the interstates, the airport and the schools for a day or two.69
  9. Raleigh 🇺🇸 États-UnisIce storms · 1 janv. – 28 févr. (en général)Snow is rare, but a few times most winters freezing rain glazes roads and trees.69
  10. Washington 🇺🇸 États-UnisSnow and ice shutdowns · 5 janv. – 28 févr. (en général)A few inches closes the federal government, the schools and half the museums, and freezing rain does worse to the bridges.63
  11. Saint-Louis 🇺🇸 États-UnisIce storms · 15 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)The city sits on the freezing-rain line most winters, and an ice event does more damage here than snow: power out for days, the interstates closed and flights cancelled at Lambert.62
  12. Louisville 🇺🇸 États-UnisWinter ice storms · 1 janv. – 28 févr. (en général)The Ohio valley sits on the line where southern moisture meets cold air, so the winter problem here is freezing rain rather than snow.59
  13. Sokcho 🇰🇷 Corée du SudYeongdong coast snow · 15 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)Cold air crossing the East Sea dumps on this narrow coastal strip in a way the rest of Korea never sees — a metre in a bad week.57
  14. Murree 🇵🇰 PakistanThe snow rush · 20 déc. – 10 févr. (en général)The first heavy fall brings hundreds of thousands of cars up from Islamabad and Lahore in one weekend.57
  15. Portland 🇺🇸 États-UnisFreezing rain and ice storms · 15 déc. – 20 févr. (en général)East wind out of the Gorge meets valley cold and glazes the city in freezing rain most winters.55
  16. Cleveland 🇺🇸 États-UnisLake-effect snow season · 15 nov. – 15 marsCold air crossing an unfrozen Lake Erie dumps bands of snow on the eastern suburbs while downtown stays dry, and the split can be thirty centimetres over fifteen miles.54
  17. Parc national de Zion 🇺🇸 États-UnisIce on the high trails · 1 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)The shaded switchbacks up to Angels Landing and the East Rim glaze over for weeks and the park closes sections outright after a storm.52
  18. Kaboul 🇦🇫 AfghanistanWinter cold and smoke · 1 déc. – 28 févr.Winters are severe by South Asian standards and the city heats itself with whatever will burn, so the cold and the air arrive together.51
  19. Van 🇹🇷 TurquieExtreme cold and snow closures · 1 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)January and February lows regularly fall below -20C, and a single storm can bury mountain roads: heavy snow in January 2026 cut off roughly ninety village roads around Van alone.50
  20. Détroit 🇺🇸 États-UnisDeep winter and lake-effect snow · 10 déc. – 1 mars (en général)Two months of grey, freezing days with the wind coming off the lakes and a snow event most weeks.49
  21. Parc national de Shenandoah 🇺🇸 États-UnisSkyline Drive ice closures · 1 déc. – 15 mars (en général)The only road through the park sits on an exposed ridge and shuts in sections for ice and snow, sometimes for days.47
  22. Milwaukee 🇺🇸 États-UnisDeep-cold snaps · 5 janv. – 28 févr. (en général)Arctic outbreaks off the plains can freeze the lakefront for days, and in the worst ones schools shut and buses run late.47
  23. Kars 🇹🇷 TurquieDeep winter on the plateau · 1 déc. – 15 mars (en général)Four months of lying snow on average at 1,800 m, and the town takes it seriously: double doors, stoves going all day, and roads out to Ani and the Georgian border that close without much warning.46
  24. Bozeman 🇺🇸 États-UnisDeep cold snaps · 15 déc. – 20 févr. (en général)Arctic air spills over the divide a few times each winter and holds the valley below minus twenty for days.45
  25. Soldeu 🇦🇩 AndorrePort d'Envalira snow closures · 1 déc. – 31 marsThe pass above the resort is the highest paved road in the Pyrenees and the French approach shuts or goes to chains in heavy snow.45

…et 21 de plus en février.

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Froid extrême en mars

  1. Mont Cradle 🇦🇺 AustralieAlpine weather in any month · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Snow falls on this plateau in every month of the year and the summit track can be a whiteout in January.65
  2. Cleveland 🇺🇸 États-UnisLake-effect snow season · 15 nov. – 15 marsCold air crossing an unfrozen Lake Erie dumps bands of snow on the eastern suburbs while downtown stays dry, and the split can be thirty centimetres over fifteen miles.63
  3. Détroit 🇺🇸 États-UnisDeep winter and lake-effect snow · 10 déc. – 1 mars (en général)Two months of grey, freezing days with the wind coming off the lakes and a snow event most weeks.62
  4. Parc national de Shenandoah 🇺🇸 États-UnisSkyline Drive ice closures · 1 déc. – 15 mars (en général)The only road through the park sits on an exposed ridge and shuts in sections for ice and snow, sometimes for days.57
  5. Kars 🇹🇷 TurquieDeep winter on the plateau · 1 déc. – 15 mars (en général)Four months of lying snow on average at 1,800 m, and the town takes it seriously: double doors, stoves going all day, and roads out to Ani and the Georgian border that close without much warning.56
  6. Traverse City 🇺🇸 États-UnisLake-effect snow season · 15 nov. – 31 mars (en général)Bands of lake-effect snow off Lake Michigan can drop several inches an hour onto the peninsulas and the roads around the bay, and the region's seasonal total of well over a hundred inches mostly falls between late November and March.54
  7. Tchita 🇷🇺 RussieExtreme cold season · 1 nov. – 15 mars (en général)Winters here are severely continental: January averages around -24.6°C and the mercury has fallen as low as -49.6°C.53
  8. Astana 🇰🇿 KazakhstanBlizzards close the steppe roads · 1 nov. – 31 mars (en général)Ground blizzards on the open steppe regularly shut the highways out of the city, including the road to Karaganda, sometimes for a day or more.48
  9. Soldeu 🇦🇩 AndorrePort d'Envalira snow closures · 1 déc. – 31 marsThe pass above the resort is the highest paved road in the Pyrenees and the French approach shuts or goes to chains in heavy snow.48
  10. Mourmansk 🇷🇺 RussieBlizzards and road closures · 15 nov. – 15 avr. (en général)The wind off the Barents drifts the roads shut faster than the cold does; the Teriberka road and the Kola highway close for hours or days at a time in a storm.45
  11. Iakoutsk 🇷🇺 RussieDeep winter · 20 nov. – 5 mars (en général)The coldest city of its size anywhere, built on permafrost with its buildings up on piles and its pipes above ground.40
  12. Magadan 🇷🇺 RussieDeep winter · 1 déc. – 5 mars (en général)Coastal, so milder than the Kolyma interior behind it, but still months of hard frost with wind coming straight off the frozen sea.39

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Froid extrême en avril

  1. Mourmansk 🇷🇺 RussieBlizzards and road closures · 15 nov. – 15 avr. (en général)The wind off the Barents drifts the roads shut faster than the cold does; the Teriberka road and the Kola highway close for hours or days at a time in a storm.57
  2. Mont Cradle 🇦🇺 AustralieAlpine weather in any month · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Snow falls on this plateau in every month of the year and the summit track can be a whiteout in January.54

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Froid extrême en mai

  1. Mont Tongariro 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeCrossing in winter conditions · 1 mai – 31 oct. (en général)From May to October the Crossing is an alpine route: ice axe, crampons and the skills to use them, or a guide.51
  2. Mont Cradle 🇦🇺 AustralieAlpine weather in any month · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Snow falls on this plateau in every month of the year and the summit track can be a whiteout in January.41

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Froid extrême en juin

  1. Puno 🇵🇪 PérouFreezing nights on the altiplano · 1 juin – 15 août (en général)At 3,800 m the dry-season nights drop below freezing in rooms with no heating, while the midday sun burns hard enough that the hospital treats sunburn off the slow boats most days of July and August.82
  2. Potosí 🇧🇴 BolivieFreezing nights above 4,000 m · 1 juin – 15 août (en général)Potosí is one of the highest cities in the world and the dry-season nights go well below zero in buildings that are almost never heated.80
  3. Uyuni 🇧🇴 BolivieThe cold nights · 1 juin – 31 aoûtMidwinter nights on the salt and at the lagoon refuges go far below freezing with no heating worth the name.77
  4. Uluru/Ayers Rock 🇦🇺 AustralieFreezing desert nights · 1 juin – 15 août (en général)The days that make winter the walking season come with nights below zero and frost on the spinifex before dawn.70
  5. Mont Tongariro 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeCrossing in winter conditions · 1 mai – 31 oct. (en général)From May to October the Crossing is an alpine route: ice axe, crampons and the skills to use them, or a guide.49
  6. Mont Cradle 🇦🇺 AustralieAlpine weather in any month · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Snow falls on this plateau in every month of the year and the summit track can be a whiteout in January.36

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Froid extrême en juillet

  1. Puno 🇵🇪 PérouFreezing nights on the altiplano · 1 juin – 15 août (en général)At 3,800 m the dry-season nights drop below freezing in rooms with no heating, while the midday sun burns hard enough that the hospital treats sunburn off the slow boats most days of July and August.82
  2. Potosí 🇧🇴 BolivieFreezing nights above 4,000 m · 1 juin – 15 août (en général)Potosí is one of the highest cities in the world and the dry-season nights go well below zero in buildings that are almost never heated.81
  3. Uyuni 🇧🇴 BolivieThe cold nights · 1 juin – 31 aoûtMidwinter nights on the salt and at the lagoon refuges go far below freezing with no heating worth the name.78
  4. Uluru/Ayers Rock 🇦🇺 AustralieFreezing desert nights · 1 juin – 15 août (en général)The days that make winter the walking season come with nights below zero and frost on the spinifex before dawn.72
  5. Mont Tongariro 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeCrossing in winter conditions · 1 mai – 31 oct. (en général)From May to October the Crossing is an alpine route: ice axe, crampons and the skills to use them, or a guide.42
  6. Mont Cradle 🇦🇺 AustralieAlpine weather in any month · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Snow falls on this plateau in every month of the year and the summit track can be a whiteout in January.29

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Froid extrême en août

  1. Puno 🇵🇪 PérouFreezing nights on the altiplano · 1 juin – 15 août (en général)At 3,800 m the dry-season nights drop below freezing in rooms with no heating, while the midday sun burns hard enough that the hospital treats sunburn off the slow boats most days of July and August.83
  2. Potosí 🇧🇴 BolivieFreezing nights above 4,000 m · 1 juin – 15 août (en général)Potosí is one of the highest cities in the world and the dry-season nights go well below zero in buildings that are almost never heated.81
  3. Uyuni 🇧🇴 BolivieThe cold nights · 1 juin – 31 aoûtMidwinter nights on the salt and at the lagoon refuges go far below freezing with no heating worth the name.79
  4. Uluru/Ayers Rock 🇦🇺 AustralieFreezing desert nights · 1 juin – 15 août (en général)The days that make winter the walking season come with nights below zero and frost on the spinifex before dawn.77
  5. Mont Tongariro 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeCrossing in winter conditions · 1 mai – 31 oct. (en général)From May to October the Crossing is an alpine route: ice axe, crampons and the skills to use them, or a guide.46
  6. Mont Cradle 🇦🇺 AustralieAlpine weather in any month · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Snow falls on this plateau in every month of the year and the summit track can be a whiteout in January.32

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Froid extrême en septembre

  1. Mont Tongariro 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeCrossing in winter conditions · 1 mai – 31 oct. (en général)From May to October the Crossing is an alpine route: ice axe, crampons and the skills to use them, or a guide.47
  2. Mont Cradle 🇦🇺 AustralieAlpine weather in any month · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Snow falls on this plateau in every month of the year and the summit track can be a whiteout in January.39

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Froid extrême en octobre

  1. Mont Tongariro 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeCrossing in winter conditions · 1 mai – 31 oct. (en général)From May to October the Crossing is an alpine route: ice axe, crampons and the skills to use them, or a guide.55
  2. Mont Cradle 🇦🇺 AustralieAlpine weather in any month · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Snow falls on this plateau in every month of the year and the summit track can be a whiteout in January.49

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Froid extrême en novembre

  1. Cleveland 🇺🇸 États-UnisLake-effect snow season · 15 nov. – 15 marsCold air crossing an unfrozen Lake Erie dumps bands of snow on the eastern suburbs while downtown stays dry, and the split can be thirty centimetres over fifteen miles.65
  2. Traverse City 🇺🇸 États-UnisLake-effect snow season · 15 nov. – 31 mars (en général)Bands of lake-effect snow off Lake Michigan can drop several inches an hour onto the peninsulas and the roads around the bay, and the region's seasonal total of well over a hundred inches mostly falls between late November and March.59
  3. Mont Cradle 🇦🇺 AustralieAlpine weather in any month · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Snow falls on this plateau in every month of the year and the summit track can be a whiteout in January.58
  4. Astana 🇰🇿 KazakhstanBlizzards close the steppe roads · 1 nov. – 31 mars (en général)Ground blizzards on the open steppe regularly shut the highways out of the city, including the road to Karaganda, sometimes for a day or more.39
  5. Tchita 🇷🇺 RussieExtreme cold season · 1 nov. – 15 mars (en général)Winters here are severely continental: January averages around -24.6°C and the mercury has fallen as low as -49.6°C.39
  6. Mourmansk 🇷🇺 RussieBlizzards and road closures · 15 nov. – 15 avr. (en général)The wind off the Barents drifts the roads shut faster than the cold does; the Teriberka road and the Kola highway close for hours or days at a time in a storm.35
  7. Iakoutsk 🇷🇺 RussieDeep winter · 20 nov. – 5 mars (en général)The coldest city of its size anywhere, built on permafrost with its buildings up on piles and its pipes above ground.31

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Froid extrême en décembre

  1. Amman 🇯🇴 JordanieThe cold snaps · 20 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)Amman sits high enough that a Mediterranean depression can put snow on the hills two or three times a winter.78
  2. Ramallah 🇵🇸 État de PalestineThe cold snaps · 20 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)A Mediterranean depression can put snow on these hills once or twice a winter, and the steep streets and the roads out are closed for it.72
  3. Sa Pa 🇻🇳 VietnamWinter frost on the ridge · 15 déc. – 20 févr. (en général)Frost on the terraces above town most weeks and a dusting of snow on Fansipan in some years, which brings Vietnamese visitors up specifically to see it.70
  4. Salamanque 🇪🇸 EspagneMeseta winter · 1 déc. – 28 févr.Eight hundred metres up on an open plain, so frost most mornings and a wind that finds every arcade.65
  5. Kaboul 🇦🇫 AfghanistanWinter cold and smoke · 1 déc. – 28 févr.Winters are severe by South Asian standards and the city heats itself with whatever will burn, so the cold and the air arrive together.64
  6. Murree 🇵🇰 PakistanThe snow rush · 20 déc. – 10 févr. (en général)The first heavy fall brings hundreds of thousands of cars up from Islamabad and Lahore in one weekend.64
  7. Mont Cradle 🇦🇺 AustralieAlpine weather in any month · 1 janv. – 31 déc.Snow falls on this plateau in every month of the year and the summit track can be a whiteout in January.62
  8. Saint-Louis 🇺🇸 États-UnisIce storms · 15 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)The city sits on the freezing-rain line most winters, and an ice event does more damage here than snow: power out for days, the interstates closed and flights cancelled at Lambert.59
  9. Srinagar 🇮🇳 IndeChillai Kalan · 21 déc. – 31 janv.The forty days the valley counts as the real winter: pipes freeze, parts of the Dal ice over, and heavy snow shuts the Jawahar tunnel and grounds flights for a day at a time.57
  10. Sokcho 🇰🇷 Corée du SudYeongdong coast snow · 15 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)Cold air crossing the East Sea dumps on this narrow coastal strip in a way the rest of Korea never sees — a metre in a bad week.56
  11. Van 🇹🇷 TurquieExtreme cold and snow closures · 1 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)January and February lows regularly fall below -20C, and a single storm can bury mountain roads: heavy snow in January 2026 cut off roughly ninety village roads around Van alone.54
  12. Cleveland 🇺🇸 États-UnisLake-effect snow season · 15 nov. – 15 marsCold air crossing an unfrozen Lake Erie dumps bands of snow on the eastern suburbs while downtown stays dry, and the split can be thirty centimetres over fifteen miles.51
  13. Parc national de Zion 🇺🇸 États-UnisIce on the high trails · 1 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)The shaded switchbacks up to Angels Landing and the East Rim glaze over for weeks and the park closes sections outright after a storm.50
  14. Détroit 🇺🇸 États-UnisDeep winter and lake-effect snow · 10 déc. – 1 mars (en général)Two months of grey, freezing days with the wind coming off the lakes and a snow event most weeks.46
  15. Portland 🇺🇸 États-UnisFreezing rain and ice storms · 15 déc. – 20 févr. (en général)East wind out of the Gorge meets valley cold and glazes the city in freezing rain most winters.45
  16. Toronto 🇨🇦 CanadaDeep freeze and ice storms · 15 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)The city issues extreme cold alerts most winters and the wind off the lake takes several degrees off whatever the thermometer says.44
  17. Parc national de Shenandoah 🇺🇸 États-UnisSkyline Drive ice closures · 1 déc. – 15 mars (en général)The only road through the park sits on an exposed ridge and shuts in sections for ice and snow, sometimes for days.42
  18. Bozeman 🇺🇸 États-UnisDeep cold snaps · 15 déc. – 20 févr. (en général)Arctic air spills over the divide a few times each winter and holds the valley below minus twenty for days.42
  19. Kars 🇹🇷 TurquieDeep winter on the plateau · 1 déc. – 15 mars (en général)Four months of lying snow on average at 1,800 m, and the town takes it seriously: double doors, stoves going all day, and roads out to Ani and the Georgian border that close without much warning.42
  20. Soldeu 🇦🇩 AndorrePort d'Envalira snow closures · 1 déc. – 31 marsThe pass above the resort is the highest paved road in the Pyrenees and the French approach shuts or goes to chains in heavy snow.41
  21. Traverse City 🇺🇸 États-UnisLake-effect snow season · 15 nov. – 31 mars (en général)Bands of lake-effect snow off Lake Michigan can drop several inches an hour onto the peninsulas and the roads around the bay, and the region's seasonal total of well over a hundred inches mostly falls between late November and March.41
  22. Parc national Theodore Roosevelt 🇺🇸 États-UnisDeep winter cold · 1 déc. – 28 févr.The northern plains do minus thirty with wind behind it, sections of the park roads go unplowed, and a breakdown out here is a serious problem.36
  23. Ürümqi 🇨🇳 ChineThe deep cold · 1 déc. – 20 févr. (en général)One of the most continental cities on Earth, and it shows for about three months.36
  24. Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaDeep cold snaps · 1 déc. – 28 févr.Arctic air settles over the city for stretches of a week and extreme cold warnings become routine.31
  25. Winnipeg 🇨🇦 CanadaDeep cold · 15 déc. – 20 févr. (en général)Weeks at a time below minus twenty with a wind off the prairie behind it, which is why downtown is connected by tunnels and skywalks.31

…et 15 de plus en décembre.

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