You’d normally have to wait until after Christmas to see the kind of snowfall that fell across Toronto over the weekend.

The winter flurries set several records in the city, which has not seen this much snow on the ground this early in the year since at least 1969, Global News’ chief meteorologist Anthony Farnell said.

“Several notable records with this snowfall, including most snow on the ground for this date and the earliest five-cm-plus snowfall in over 55 years,” he said. “Going back to October 22, 1969.”

Almost exactly 10 cm of snow was reported at Toronto Pearson International Airport, higher than the 7.1 cm and 5.3 cm reported in October 1969.

The snow was caused by a low-pressure system that blanketed much of southern Ontario, with 16 centimetres reported in Hamilton and 11.7

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