Of all major cities of Canada, St John’s is the cloudiest (only 1,497 hours of sunshine a year), foggiest (124 days a year), windiest (24.3 km/h; 15.1 mph average), snowiest (359 cm; 11.8 ft), and wettest (1,514 mm; 59.6 in). However, St. John’s has the third mildest winter in comparison to other Canadian cities. [2] St. John’s has a Maritime climate with cool-to-warm summers, and relatively mild winters. The annual precipitation is moderate/high, with an average of 1,640 millimetres (64.6 in) per year. The city is also one the country’s most prone areas for tropical cyclone activity as it is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to its east, where tropical storms and sometimes hurricanes travel.