Snow Depth Duration

This application creates a table of duration of snow cover for a given day. The default example answers the question, "When there is snow on the ground for Christmas in Ames, how long does it stick around for?"

The dataset used for this application is based on NWS COOP observations, but also contains estimates when data is missing.

Select StationMonthDay
Start DayDepth [inch]End Date Duration [days]
1965 Dec 250.00011965 Dec 272
1967 Dec 250.00011967 Dec 261
1968 Dec 2551969 Mar 2186
1969 Dec 2551970 Feb 0138
1970 Dec 2511971 Jan 017
1972 Dec 2531973 Jan 1723
1973 Dec 2521974 Mar 0166
1974 Dec 250.00011974 Dec 316
1977 Dec 2511978 Mar 2691
1978 Dec 2511979 Mar 1984
1980 Dec 250.00011980 Dec 283
1983 Dec 2581984 Feb 1653
1984 Dec 250.00011984 Dec 272
1985 Dec 2591986 Feb 0239
1987 Dec 250.00011988 Jan 3036
1988 Dec 2511989 Jan 1723
1989 Dec 2511990 Jan 0511
1990 Dec 2521991 Feb 1047
1992 Dec 250.00011993 Mar 1681
1993 Dec 2511994 Feb 1956
1994 Dec 2531995 Feb 1956
1995 Dec 250.00011996 Jan 1319
1996 Dec 2511997 Jan 0410
1997 Dec 250.00011998 Jan 017
1999 Dec 2522000 Jan 017
2000 Dec 25112001 Mar 2893
2001 Dec 250.00012001 Dec 294
2003 Dec 250.00012003 Dec 272
2004 Dec 250.00012004 Dec 272
2005 Dec 2512006 Jan 039
2007 Dec 2512008 Jan 1117
2008 Dec 2592008 Dec 305
2009 Dec 25102010 Mar 1883
2010 Dec 2582010 Dec 305
2012 Dec 2572013 Jan 1521
2013 Dec 2512013 Dec 272
2015 Dec 2542016 Feb 2259
2017 Dec 2512018 Jan 1016
2020 Dec 2512020 Dec 261
2022 Dec 2542022 Dec 305
Average29