Snow now covers nearly one half – one half! – of the continental United States. That’s the most snow cover on December 2 since records began.

“Snow covered the ground on nearly half of the real estate in the Lower 48 — 46.2 percent of land area — on Monday morning,’ writes Jason Samenow of the Capital Weather Gang ” (This is) the largest area on Dec. 2 since snow cover records from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration began in 2003. Normally, a little more than a quarter of the nation has snow on the ground at this time of year.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/12/02/snow-cover-reaches-record-early-december-extent-lower-after-back-to-back-storms/

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2019/12/03/early-snow-cover-record-set-for-usa-a-foot-of-snow-in-25-states/

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December 4, 2019 at 05:46PM