The featured chart shows the daily averaged difference in temperature between days with snow cover and with out. The temperature difference is for the next seven days after the analyzed date. The chart is attempting to show the temperature effect when there is snow cover versus not. The approximate average of the chart is negative five degrees, meaning that the presence of snow cover on a given winter day produces, on average, a next seven day period that is five degrees cooler than the same period when the first day is snow free. The results are intuitive as snow cover helps temperatures cool more rapidly at night and prevents incoming sunshine during the day from heating the ground. Our weather is going to remain very cold with our current snow cover that is being added to this morning with our most recent round of winter weather.

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Good = 31
Bad = 6
Abstain = 8

Tags:   snowcover