snowbelt

1. (also with capital) Especially, the area around the Great Lakes in the north-eastern United States.Examples: "Monthly totals of less than 6 inches fell in western, central, and east-central sections, with the exception of the Great Lakes snowbelt, where totals ranged from as much as 9 inches along Lake Erie up to 16 inches along the eastern shore of Lake Ontario, amounts well below normal for the snowbelt in December."; "Government employment has produced long-term job growth in both snowbelt and sunbelt central cities."; "Higher elevations and snow squalls from Lake Erie give Chardon, located in the core of the snowbelt in northern Geauga County, an average snowfall of 105 inches."also