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Visualizing Snow Depth

10 Dec 2024 05:30 AM
The featured chart attempts to visualize daily snowfall reports from Ames. Each grid cell represents the combination of a given day of the winter season and year. Values in grey are either missing or dates in the future. Values in white are either zero or trace amount of snow depth. The year shown represents the year of the first half of the winter season, so for example, values for January 2024 appear within the 2023 row. The year to year variability of snow depth is readily apparent along with the remarkably brief and intense snow cover of last winter that only lasted for the last half of January. You can generate this chart for other sites in Iowa and beyond by following the "Generate this Chart on Website" link/button.

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Daily Snow Depth

24 Feb 2015 05:42 AM
The featured chart displays daily snow depth reports for the Ames COOP site since 1964. Even with below freezing temperatures, our current snow pack has been slowly disappearing. Sun shine and dry air are able to eat away at the snow even with air temperatures below freezing. The chart nicely shows the winters with the most persistent snow cover, like 2000-2011 and 1977-1979. You can generate this chart online for other sites in the region.

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