Readers may recall our story from Dec 15th, 2013: Over half the USA covered in snow, the most in 11 years
Now, it’s even more. See the map and the 3D image:
February 7, 2014
| Area Covered By Snow: | 67.4% |
| Area Covered Last Month: | 48.1% |
The map is from NOAA’s National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
The 3D image is from this KMZ file and Google Earth:
h/t to Joe Bastardi of WeatherBell
UPDATE: Values of snow cover for this date show this is the highest in a decade.
February 7, 2014
Area Covered By Snow: 67.4%
February 7, 2013
Area Covered By Snow: 34.8%
February 7, 2012
Area Covered By Snow: 25.5%
February 7, 2011
Area Covered By Snow: 48.9%
February 7, 2010
Area Covered By Snow: 60.8%
February 7, 2009
Area Covered By Snow: 33.2%
February 7, 2008
Area Covered By Snow: 51.1%
February 7, 2007
Area Covered By Snow: 38.9%
February 7, 2006
Area Covered By Snow: 26.6%
February 7, 2005
Area Covered By Snow: 26.4%
February 7, 2004
Area Covered By Snow: 53.4%
John M says:
February 7, 2014 at 5:36 pm
Great Lakes all on one slide with thicknesses added.
Interesting that some areas less than 100% covered still have pieces of ice 12-24 inches thick.
John M,
That 12-24 inch thick ice is just the weak new ice, not the old thick ice like the Great Lakes used to have! You know, the mile thick old ice we used to get before man made global warming?! Now that made the ice fishing on Green Bay really rough, dontcha know?! };>)
And its Freakin’ cold, too. Wisconsin WANTED Global Warming. Crap its already February and its still 7º and the WC is -7º.
WTH! I WANTED MY DARN PALM TREES!!!!
Why do you people remind me of Icarus? Man is in control of the heavens and earth. Anthony has been right about this from day one. Thanks.
I live in Wooster, Ohio. Frost line today is 22 inches. It’s been cold!
The far north of North America is abnormally warm now; basically we have their weather now, they have ours…
Uh, didn’t Gaseous Al Gore recently build a mansion in the tsunami zone where it will get flattened if his bullshirt man-made global warming propaganda were actually true to reality?
Uh, didn’t Gaseous Al Gore recently build a mansion in the tsunami zone where it will get flattened if his phony-baloney man-made global warming propaganda were actually true to reality?
Gail Combs says:
February 7, 2014 at 6:14 pm
I have good news. Obama is shutting down 10% of the US electrical generating capacity by 2015 but it is not evenly spread out. Most of it is in a three state circle around Washington DC….
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I.Can’t. Wait.
Carbomontanus lightly mentioned “Fimbulwinter” – probably just a piece of old Norse mythology, but just possibly an ancient memory of a worldwide climactic event which occurred around 535 – 536.
if it happened once, it can happen again.
We must eliminate CO2 and kill all life on the planet…
Follow these steps in order.
Carefully set your drink down a safe distance from your keyboard.
Google “Al Gore adductors second chakra”.
Click on one of the top 3 or 4 links returned.
Read the truth.
Allow laughter to ensue.
Why can’t president obama just declare an executive order and dictate that as of February 7th temperatures below 32 in the continental United States are not allowed? Isn’t that what kings do?
My entire yard is covered in frozen snow. My driveway is still a frozen snow-packed wasteland. Did I mention I live just west of the land of cotton? Greetings from Arkansas. Snow-locked USA. At least they got the roads somewhat clear. The main roads that is. It is frigid and it must stop. We ain’t used to single digit mornings, teens for the high. Not like this. Everybody is complaining, praying for Spring. Word.
I have to apologize to everybody here, in fact everybody in the US except for skiers. You know how when you bring an umbrella that ensures it doesn’t rain? Well, that works in reverse sometimes. This is the first year ever, in my entire life that I have ever bought … I can barely say it … snow tires.
I’m sorry.
Snow tires? WTF? How about chains too?
Climate/Weather, Climate/Weather – I know, I know. As the climate warms the weather cools. I get that. At least on the surface. It’s hard to wrap my head around. So as the earth quickly burns while it’s freezing, I will have known that I did good by paying extra for measures that brought about… what? Y’all tell me. The worm is turning. Opinion is turning. The climate might just be turning. At least for a little while 😉
well, we don’t have any here. the forecast for snow this weekend has been changed to no snow. it’s been sunny (unusual) and more clear than it has been for awhile. Just colder than normal. my son would like snow. every time he hears the temp, he says all we need is some precipitation and we can have snow. I can see new snow in the mts. – but they have been pretty sorry for snowpack so far this season.
Penny Robinson Fan Club Feb 7 3:56pm “First, one must define normal”. I did mean it as a serious question, but I didn’t mean anything precise by “normal”. Just that it would be interesting to know how often such conditions had occurred in the past. Obviously it is exceptional within the last 11 years, but that’s a pretty short period. What about the 1960s eg, or 1910s? I couldn’t find any data.
Southern Missouri has about 1″ snow & cold 3° temps. Better than ice cover.
There is about 3 or 4 inches of snow on the streets of Portland, Oregon. Temperature was 16 degrees at noon. Supposedly more snow is coming tonight. This is a good weekend to play WOW and work on PLATO’S SYMPOSIUM. For Monday, they are predicting temperatures in the high forties.
Eugene WR Gallun
The planet is warming; we’ve seen it! Theeere are fairies dancing at the bottom of my garden. I’ve seen them!
The Nature Nazis need to be placed into the dust bin of history with all the other clowns.
Americanman2012 says:
“No one can change the weather by charging taxes.”
Yes they can! Prime Minister Julia Gillard did just that in Australia 18 months ago and ever since her Carbon Tax was introduced global temperatures have gone south. North America, blame the freeze on Julia.
We got rid of her and her government last year in the hope of warmer weather for all, but her stupid Labor Party Senators won’t vote for the Carbon Tax to be repealed. So we keep paying the carbon tax and North America keeps freezing.
Oh the insanity of it all. When will it end?
For those answering my question about lakes at 4:36:
I have been monitoring the freeze up using one of the sites mentioned in a comment. I have a relative that lives in one of the “lake-effect” zones and poke a bit of fun her way when she gets buried. With Lake Erie covered in ice the snow on the ground is hardly worth mentioning. The temp in Cleveland is now 6° F, on its way to -1° F. Ouch! [5:16 Z, on the 8th]
I still think the Lakes ought to be shown with “snow depth” unless the sensors can’t do snow over ice.
Joe? (at 6:55pm today) I just looked up the weather about 5 minutes ago here:
http://weather.gc.ca/canada_e.html
And selected temps. from “far north of North America”:
Whitehorse minus17
Yellowknife minus 29
Iqaluit minus 18
St. John’s minus 11
And even farther north… as in at 82 deg. 30 min., at Alert, Nunavit: minus 31
(Source: http://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/nu-22_metric_e.html)
Your move, Joe. Show us the historical temps. that prove that it is significantly warmer this year in the far north of North America.
Re: “…they have ours.” ?? As in what location? Are you coming to us from your tent high in the Andes? Your little ice hut on Lake Michigan? The meat locker in your cousin Leroy’s butcher shop?