What a difference one year has made in the snow cover over North America.
Published Mar 30, 2012
While Sochi itself appears to be dry, the mountain slopes are ready for the games.
Published Feb 8, 2014
Winter is loosening its grip on the Northern Hemisphere, but the seasonal change in Northern Europe is less dramatic than most years.
Published Mar 23, 2020Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Drought Fires Snow and Ice Temperature Extremes
The bitter cold of winter settled ferociously over the interior of Asia during the first week of 2006.
Published Jan 14, 2006Image of the Day Heat Land Life Snow and Ice Temperature Extremes
A potent weather system with origins in Manitoba moved south across the Great Lakes on Halloween and blew all the way to Florida, bringing snow and hard frost to regions that don't see either in some winters.
Published Nov 4, 2014
This pair of maps shows average percent snow cover in December 2008 and February 2009, the first and last months of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
Published Mar 6, 2009
It was cold across the eastern part of North America, but the opposite was true in other parts of the world.
Published Dec 6, 2018
Snow cover and land temperature are connected, but one does not necessarily cause the other. Snow certainly influences how hot or cold the land feels to the touch, and land temperature influences whether or not snow remains on the ground or melts away. But the most obvious global pattern these images demonstrate is not the effect of temperature and snow cover on each other, but the effect of latitude and elevation on each.
Published Dec 30, 2007
Winter turned fierce in the opening weeks of 2009, and part of the reason for the cold snaps and winter storms came from big changes in the atmosphere about 20 kilometers above the Earth.
Published Feb 7, 2009
Acquired January 7, 2010, this image shows snow blanketing England, from the east to west coast. The cities of Manchester, Birmingham, and London appear as ghostly gray shapes on the icy surface.
Published Jan 8, 2010Image of the Day Land Severe Storms Human Presence Snow and Ice
