1. Curtains "Windows are a common place for the outside cold to get into your home, this is because of small gaps that can let in air so always close your curtains as soon as it gets dark," he said.

If you have dry outdoor steps and staircases, you can prep them before the next snowstorm hits, Watson says. Anti-slip safety tape, from 3M or Gorilla, works great and sticks to most surfaces.

It is a serious business when it snows in many American and Canadian cities, too. In Boston, residents who fail to clear a 42in-wide passage through the snow on the pavement outside their homes ...