Monday’s taste of winter brought more than just a record snowfall to Waterloo region.
So far 190 crashes have been reported within the region that occurred from midnight Sunday through midnight Monday, according to Waterloo Regional Police.
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That’s almost four times what occurred the week earlier, when police say there were 47 crashes on Nov. 4.
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A year ago, police say there were 119 crashes reported during the first snowfall on Nov. 15, 2018.
Monday’s 13 cm snowfall is a new record for Kitchener, according to Environment Canada meteorologist Rob Kuhn.
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He said on Twitter that the previous record of 7.6 cm was set in 1933.
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Kuhn said it also matched the largest total snowfall the city experienced last winter.
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