Winter '09 / '10 - December Snowfall - New Record for NOAM

Short 44 year period-of-record...

December snow cover over NOAM and the lower 48 rank #1 out of 44...as well as 10th for all months.  Second highest snowcover over the NHEMI.

Area units:  thousand sq. km

North America 
Rank Area Departure Mean
1/44 18137 1523 16615

Contiguous United States
Rank Area Departure Mean
1/44 4161 1292 2869

Canada
Rank Area Departure Mean
4/44 10277 221 10056

Northern Hemisphere
Rank Area Departure Mean
2/44 45862 2660 43202

Eurasia
Rank Area Departure Mean
7/42 27725 1138 26587

Source: Rutgers University Global Snow Lab