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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

montreal's system is closed for 5 months during winter, and given chicago's similar climate, i'm guessing chicago will follow suit, but i don't know that definitively.

Without looking it up I am sure Montreal gets much more snow than Chicago on average.



EDIT I should look it up.



Wikipedia states Montreal averages 90 inches of snow per year vs ~38 inches for Chicago. The amount of snow they still had on the ground up there amazed me last time I was there in March a few years ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal

Winter in Montreal usually brings very cold, snowy, windy, and, at times, icy weather, with an verage high temperature of −6 °C (21 °F) and low of −15 °C (5 °F) in January. However, some winter days rise above freezing, even allowing for rain at times. During a normal year, there should be 18 nights below −20 °C (−4 °F), and about one day where the daily maximum is below −20 °C (−4 °F). Temperatures under −30 °C (−22 °F) only happen every 5 years or so, but wind chills can reach −40 °C (−40 °F)

Usually, snow cover lasts from the first or second week of December until the last week of March. [53]

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...194309&page=24