NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce that the Rutgers Northern Hemisphere 24 km Weekly Snow Cover Extent, September 1980 Onward, Version 1 data s ...

The snow cover continues to survive across the region despite the warm sunshine today. The visible satellite loop from this afternoon nicely illustrates the extent of the snow cover. Gusty wind from ...

The latest IPCC reports conclude with near certainty that Northern Hemisphere snow cover extent and duration will continue to decrease as our climate continues to warm. Climate models suggest that ...

Siberian snow cover reflects 70 to 80% of the sun's heat back into space. Studies have found a strong correlation between the extent of snow cover in Siberia in October and winter storms in the ...

At the height of the recent cold wave in January, subzero temperatures were noted across the Great Plains and as far south as the northern Panhandle of Texas. According to USDA Meteorologist Brad ...

Typically, the deepest snow cover of the winter across the Northern Plains region happens in February and March. Any early spring warm up is held back by all that snow which has to melt before ...

Lake effect snow is dependent on the Great Lakes water temperature and how much of the lake is frozen. But what does the current ice concentration look like and ...