The winter of 2019-2020 was much drier than usual in California, as evidenced by the dearth of snow in the mountains.
Published Mar 13, 2020
NASA airborne snow surveys provide key information for California water managers.
Published Apr 22, 2017
Heavy snow from late January to early February 2017 could lead to flooding later in the season.
Published Feb 17, 2017Image of the Day Land Severe Storms Snow and Ice Remote Sensing
Scientist Tom Painter examines the differences between pure and dirty snow. A rise in dust can be a critical influence on snow-fed water supplies in the American West.
Published Sep 1, 2013
A low snowpack and warm temperatures pose a hazard for crops over the coming months.
Published Mar 20, 2018
The water stored as snow in the 400-mile long range is now 185 percent of normal for the beginning of March.
Published Mar 3, 2017
Mount Shasta is usually snow-capped. But this winter, it is a lot more brown than white, as drought deepens in California.
Published Jan 17, 2014
El Niño brought more rain and snow to California this winter, but not enough to offset the water deficit built up over four years.
Published Apr 14, 2016
Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Life Severe Storms Snow and Ice
A succession of storms in January and February dumped huge amounts of snow on the Sierra Nevada.
Published Feb 13, 2019
This satellite map of snow cover shows that every state in the contiguous U.S., except for Florida, received snow in January 2011.
Published Feb 25, 2011
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
High-latitude springtime snow cover declined substantially between 1967 and 2012.
Published Jan 8, 2013
