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Anyone know approximately the line to tell where consistent snow cover is in the US? by snow cover I mean at least a month or two of consistent cover and snow that is on the ground for most of the winter.
Anyone know approximately the line to tell where consistent snow cover is in the US? by snow cover I mean at least a month or two of consistent cover and snow that is on the ground for most of the winter.
The west is all over the place because of elevation, but I'd say that once you get to the Kansas border going west to east that it would be I-70 to Baltimore. North of that line you probably have at least several weeks or more where there is prolonged snow cover and south of that line prolonged snow is a much less frequent occurrence. By the time you hit I-40 across the same stretch of country it is rare to have prolonged snow cover.
^North of I-70 gets more snow, but you have to go north of I-80 or I-90 to see it stick around for weeks at a time.
Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas, etc.
For year round reference, elevation is a bigger factor than longitude and latitude until you get to the extreme north and south latitudes. There are places throughout the Rockies, Cascades, and Sierras that have snow year round.
For consistent snow through the winter, than i'd agree with several of the previous of being north of those three interstates above.
Yeah last we heard Alaska was pretty snow covered and will mostly stay that way for a while.
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