Snow is on the ground in at least 48 of 50 U.S. states, according to three separate national snow cover maps. Florida has no snow on the ground according to all of the maps, of that we can be sure.

A record dating back at least 20 years: Only 17.6% of the Lower 48 had snow on the ground; according to NOAA, that was the least expansive Christmas morning snow cover in the contiguous U.S. since ...

Specifically, there are on average, 15 fewer days that snow remains on the ground, with peaks of 20 or even 30 fewer days in Canada’s western provinces (dark orange, figure 1). Coverage has decreased ...

A “super bloom” of wildflowers that can be seen from mountaintops thousands of feet above has appeared across California‘s Anza-Borrego desert after weeks of heavy rain.

Aside from southern New England, the study also identifies snow cover decline “hotspots” among several areas in Europe and Asia, with the most impact on the Andes mountain region in South America.