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Record December Snowfall in the Mid-Atlantic

December 11, 2018

GOES East captured heavy snow cover over the Mid-Atlantic region on Dec. 11, 2018.

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British Columbia Experiences Snowfall

January 16, 2020

On Jan. 15, NOAA-20 viewed a low pressure system that has been bringing snowfall into British Columbia, Canada since Jan. 10…

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Unusual Early-Season Snowfall in the South

December 11, 2017

December 11, 2017 NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP satellite captured this image of an unusual early-season snow that fell across the South on December 9, 2017…

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A return to below-normal snowfall in the Sierra Nevada in 2018

February 8, 2018

February 08, 2018 This image, captured by the Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS instrument compares current snow cover in the Sierra Nevada mountains with…

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Winter Storm Leads to Historic Snowfall in Spain

January 13, 2021

On Jan. 11, 2021, Europe’s Meteosat-11 satellite captured imagery of the aftermath of…

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Earth from Orbit: Late-Season Snowstorm Breaks Records

March 18, 2021

Satellite imagery shows a late-season snowstorm that dropped record-breaking amounts of snowfall in Cheyenne, Wyoming and Denver, Colorado.

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Snow Cover

December 1, 2016

Predicting snowfall amounts is part of NOAA’s mission, and so is measuring the amount of snow already on the ground. Snow not only…

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Activity: Measure Snow

January 19, 2022

Earth-observing satellites like the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) help scientists measure snowfall in remote areas where scientists can’t measure the snow themselves.

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Hurricanes, tornadoes, heat waves, and severe snowfalls happen more often than ever. We rely on spacecraft orbiting Earth to warn us of such weather. We also rely on spacecraft to measure climate features, such as the average rainfall in a region.

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