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For every 1,000 feet in altitude, as a general rule, it is equivalent to moving 200 miles closer to the pole. That's why we have places down here that get snow on a more or less regular basis, being at altitudes from 5,000 to 7,000 feet (Benson, Bisbee, Hannagan Meadows, Tombstone, to name a few)