Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Record Low Snowfall

According to NOAA, “Across North America, snow cover for April 2010 was 2.2 million square kilometers below average—the lowest April snow cover extent since satellite records began in 1967 and the largest negative anomaly to occur in the 521 months that satellite measurements are available.” (from the Earth Observatory, 5/27/2010)
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