State of the Climate in 2008

T. C. Peterson, M. O. Baringer
2009 Bulletin of The American Meteorological Society - (BAMS)  
table 2.1. monthly and annual climatological information on Northern Hemisphere and continental snow extent between Nov 1966 and Dec 2008. included are the numbers of years with data used in the calculations, means, std dev, 2008 values, and rankings. areas are in millions of square kilometers. 1968, 1969, and 1971 have 1, 5, and 3 missing months, respectively, and thus are not in cluded in the annual (ann) calculations. North america (N. am.) includes Greenland. Ranks are from most extensive
more » ... ) to least (ranges from 39 to 43 depending on the month).
doi:10.1175/bams-90-8-stateoftheclimate fatcat:xfjuy6hjyvdtbgknshajhpxqmy