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
A cold spring and unusually snowy winter led to this uncommon view of winter snow on Utah’s Uinta Mountains in July.
Published Jul 22, 2011
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
High-latitude springtime snow cover declined substantially between 1967 and 2012.
Published Jan 8, 2013
Flying over the Sierras in a Twin Otter aircraft, NASA scientists are finding new ways to measure the amount of water stored in the winter snowpack with greater accuracy than ever before.
Published Apr 3, 2014
A low snowpack and warm temperatures pose a hazard for crops over the coming months.
Published Mar 20, 2018
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
What a difference one year has made in the snow cover over North America.
Published Mar 30, 2012
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
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
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