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'Tis the season to be snowy

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A map of the contiguous U.S. using a snowflake hex pattern to show snow persistence over a 20-year period. Snow persistence is measured as the snow cover index, or the average fraction of time snow was on the ground from Jan 1 to. July 3 from 2001-2020. Snowier places are white with snow, emphasizing the Rocky Mountains and Sierra range in the western U.S., and Maine in the northeast. The majority of the southern half of the country is within a 0-10% snow cover index.
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Detailed Description

Snowflake hex map of the contiguous United States created by the USGS VizLab.

See  Origin and development of a Snowflake Map | Water Data For The Nation Blog (usgs.gov) for more information.

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Public Domain.