Big Snow Country Snow Watch

SUMMARY OF THE MAIN RESOURCES AND FEATURES OF THIS PAGE:
--Custom maps of snow depth for the region right on this page
--Custom maps of snowfall in the last 24, 48, and 72 hours for the region right on this page

--Links to interactive snow on the ground now maps for many areas in the region
--Links to interactive snow on the ground now maps for all around the USA

--Links to interactive snowfall in the last 24 hours maps for many areas in the region

--Recent snowfall maps from the National Climatic Data Center

--Daily snowfall and snow depth logs maintained by local expers on local websites

--Seasonal snowfall maps for 2002-2003 through 2008-2009
--Snowfall by month and year since 1890 on a spreadsheet

NOTE ABOUT THE SNOW DEPTH SCALES

There are two snow depth scales and two corresponding snow depth maps.

The "fine and shallow" scale has the advantage of greater discrimination for depths less than two feet. But there is no discrimination at all for depths greater than two feet since the highest the scale goes is 24 inches or more. With this scale and map, for example, you can't really tell whether a particular spot has, say, 28 inches on the ground or 32 inches on the ground.

The "full and deep" scale has the advantage that it discriminates for snow depths greater than 24 inches. In fact, the highest range of snow depth shown has a low bound of 100 inches and a high bound of 150 inches, so therefore this scale is useful not only for Big Snow Country but even for the snowiest, highest mountains of the Rockies and the Pacific coast range, where snow piles up the highest. The disadvantage of the full and deep scale is that for snow depths less than 24 inches, there is less discrimination. It is much more difficult to tell, for example, whether a particular location has 14 inches on the ground or 12 inches on the ground.

For Big Snow Country both scales and both corresponding maps are shown. For the links to the other regional snow depth maps, the link goes to either one scale/map combination or the other one depending on which is most appropriate and useful. For a very small number of regions, links are provided to both maps and scales.

CURRENT SNOW ON THE GROUND AT DOZENS OF LOCATIONS
NOTE: the following link leads you to a listing of the snow on the ground at many stations as of the first of the current month. To update to the current day, look for "dd=1" in your browser address bar, which you will find about 3/4 of the way from the start to the finish of the address, and change the number "1" to whatever the current day of the month it is.

--Inches of snow on the ground now by station for dozens of towns and uninhabited locations

SNOWFALL IN THE LAST 24 LOCATIONS FOR DOZENS OF LOCATIONS
NOTE: the following link leads you to a listing of the snowfall in the last 24 hours at many stations on the first day of the current month. To update to the current day, look for "dd=1" in your browser address bar, which you will find about 3/4 of the way from the start to the finish of the long address, and change the number "1" to whatever the current day of the month it is.

--Inches of snow that have fallen in the last 24 hours for dozens of towns and uninhabited locations