Snowstorm Jan 25/26

Here we are trying to document the storm that hit us here in Toronto, Ontario on January 25, 2026. The original forecast was that we might get around 10 or 20 cm of snow, so it wasn't going to be too bad. 

Well, I have to admit that after watching the snow fall throughout Sunday, I came to realize that we were getting a lot more snow than was originally forecast. What also made me wonder about the show was watching the snow falling and looking out our window and seeing that there was roughly 9 inches of snow on our windowsill, so I figured we had got a lot more snow that we had been originally forecast.

I was also trying to track the snowfall that we were getting and it kept increase from the original 10-20 cm to now 30-40 cm to what they finally said we would be going to get between 50 - 60 cm of snow before the storm finally stopped. Well, we were watching the area around us and realized that there was a lot of snow that we wondered how it had been cleared because we hadn't heard a lot of snowplows, so we decided to go outside and see what it really looked like.

Now, word of warning, I went outside without putting boots on and only went out with my runners on because I didn't think I would venture very far from the door. Well, as you can clearly see there weren't very many paths for anyone to walk so I decided that I would try and see if I could at least get some walking achieved but before long I decided it was time to turn around and head back to the door and forget about trying to adventure to see what it was like out.

What I did discover was a lot of the parking lot hadn't been plowed because the snow had just kept falling making it a challenge to doing the plowing that was necessary. We also saw that a lot of people had taken the advice of the police and had stayed home and avoided being on the road.

So now, here it is the start of another work week, and we have already heard that schools within the GTA are closed tomorrow which I think is a great idea and we will see what else ends up being closed. There were things that were closed today during the snowstorm but now to figure out what is going to be closed tomorrow as a result of the after effects of the storm. I guess we are going to be waking up tomorrow to figure what is going to be cancelled or opened tomorrow. 

I haven't heard the total snowfall accumulation as of when I am writing this blog, but I have to say that we probably have between 18 - 24 inches of snow that fell and that wasn't what was forecasted so now we need to figure out how now to manage this snow. 

If you were impacted by this storm, I hope that you were able to manage it because I know there were areas that got freezing rain, others got sleek and then there were us that got snow. I hope if you were impacted by this storm, you were able to stay safe and hopefully things are getting better for you.

Edit: now that the snow has stopped it was reported that downtown Toronto received 56cm (22 inches) of snow.