Snow cover in late March 2015 was significantly lower than the previous worst year on record. The landscape change is stark since 2010, the last time the region saw average snowfall.
Snow stretches from the English Channel north under a bank of clouds near the Scottish border in this photo-like image of England, taken on February 4, 2009.
Acquired November 13, 2009, these true- and false-color images show part of northeastern China shortly after a severe snowstorm. In the false-color image, snow appears orange-red, and clouds range in color from pale peach to white.