A Snowy Drought

This satellite map of snow cover shows that every state in the contiguous U.S., except for Florida, received snow in January 2011.

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Snowstorm in the American Midwest

The start of spring 2006 came with a taste of winter weather for the U.S. Midwest as heavy snow blanketed states from Colorado to Indiana, with accumulations as much as 60 centimeters (24 inches) in some locations.

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The Virtues of Pure Snow

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.

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North American Snow Cover

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Snow Cover Extent Declines in the Arctic

High-latitude springtime snow cover declined substantially between 1967 and 2012.

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Heavy Snow in Colorado and Nebraska

Snow makes a wide track across Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Kansas in early February 2012.

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Winter Snow Cover in the Northern Hemisphere

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Arctic Thaw

The climate of Earth is changing; fewer days of snow cover is yet another indicator.

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Rare Snow in Buenos Aires, Argentina

For the first time since 1918, snow fell in Buenos Aires, Argentina, late on July 9, 2007. The snow was still there the next morning when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flew over on NASA’s Terra satellite at 10:55 a.m. local time.

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Thin Snow Cover in the Sierra Nevada

The winter of 2019-2020 was much drier than usual in California, as evidenced by the dearth of snow in the mountains.

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Unusually Low Snow Cover in the U.S.

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