{"id":2370,"date":"2010-02-19T11:10:14","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T18:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=2370"},"modified":"2010-02-19T11:10:14","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T18:10:14","slug":"got-snow-northern-hemisphere-snow-extent-at-second-highest-level-in-44-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/climate-change\/got-snow-northern-hemisphere-snow-extent-at-second-highest-level-in-44-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Got snow? Northern Hemisphere snow extent at second highest level in 44 years"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Winter<\/a>
Winter snow extent for the Northern Hemisphere has been steadily increasing for the past 10 years. (Steven Goddard \/ Watt\u2019s Up With That)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This winter has seen record-setting snow across parts of North America as well as Europe and Asia. Climate scientists have been quick to remind the public that the storms were short term events and not indicative of a lack of global warming. However, they have neglected to point out that winter snow extent in the Northern Hemisphere has been steadily increasing for more than 10 years.<\/p>\n

Rutgers University\u2019s Global Snow Lab<\/a> is the definitive source for information on snow coverage of the globe. According to the unit\u2019s latest statistics, 20,141,729 square miles (52,166,840 km2) of the Northern Hemisphere is covered in snow.<\/p>\n

That puts the week as having the second highest snow extent in the 44 years that Rutgers has been gathering data. The only week out of the last 2,277 in the record with more occurred in 1978 during the second week of February.<\/p>\n

Across the hemisphere, cold and snow has seemingly been appearing with greater ferocity and frequency this winter. The Mid-Atlantic states have seen record-setting amounts of snow<\/a> while places in Texas and Florida that rarely see snow<\/a> have had it more frequently this year. In Europe and Asia, snow as well has made numerous appearances above and beyond normal.<\/p>\n

In the wake of the recent blizzards that struck the East Coast, many climate scientists took to television and print media repeating the mantra that \u2018weather is not climate.\u2019 They point out that short-term weather phenomena do not disprove manmade climate change and global warming. Many even said in recent weeks that the extreme cold actually supports the global warming theory.<\/p>\n

\"There's<\/strong><\/a>Is that true?\u00a0 How can global warming account for more snow AND less snow?\u00a0 Find out more in the complete story from the Climate Change Examiner.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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