Snow Today

Daily images of snow data and seasonal analyses

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SWE graph for four hydrologic basins
Snow-cover-days anomaly map, April 2021
Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep in snow

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Analysis - Snow Today
May 7, 2026
Snow-covered area in April across the western United States was 41 percent of average, at 118,00 square kilometers (46,000 square miles) of snow cover, ranking last in the 26-year satellite record. Snow water equivalent (SWE) remained well below average in most states during April.

 

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What is Snow Today?

Snow Today is a NASA-funded research project that examines where snow is present, where it has snowed recently, and how much water is in the snow, while also comparing between snow today, snow yesterday, snow last year, and snow over the last few decades. You can find the following resources on our website:

The Snow Today project is a collaborative effort between the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR).