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Northern Hemisphere Snow Mass Above 1982-2012 Average

After an apparently lackluster start (potentially related to data issues), the Northern Hemisphere snow mass is now building at rates above the 1982-2012 average.

Data from GlobSnow SWE v1.3, which is calculated using satellite microwave radiometer observations combined with ground-based snow depth measurements, reveals the total snow mass across the hemisphere, excluding mountainous regions.

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The season’s latest data, marked by the circled red dot, shows total snow mass as of November 4 trending above the historical average. This is in no small part tied to the historically early accumulations building across the likes of Russia, Mongolia and China.

Just this week comes the news that even Western Russia is copping record-breaking November snowfall, across Murmansk and Moscow—to name just two regions.