Snowstorm Database
The Snowstorm Database is a collection of over 500 snowstorms dating back to 1900 and updated operationally. Only storms having large areas of heavy snowfall (10-20 inches or greater) are included. The spatial extent includes the contiguous U.S. but the most storms are in the eastern two thirds of the U.S. This is the only comprehensive data set with starting and ending dates along with daily and total storm snowfall for large snowstorms from 1900 to the present. The data is archived in shapefile format, one shapefile per storm. Shapefiles are a non-proprietary spatial format widely used in Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Each shapefile contains daily and storm total snowfall for weather stations that were affected by the snowstorm. The snowfall data comes from the Global Historical Climatological Network - Daily (GHCN-D).
Complete Metadata
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| identifier | gov.noaa.ncdc:C00464 |
| issued | 2012-11-30T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| keyword |
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"Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Solid Precipitation > Snow",
"Earth Science > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Depth",
"Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Meteorological Hazards",
"Precipitation",
"Continent > North America > United States Of America",
"Vertical Location > Land Surface",
"Snow Measuring Rod",
"Meteorological Stations",
"T: Daily - < Weekly",
"H: 10 km - < 50 km",
"DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
"DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
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"Societal Impacts",
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"Shapefiles"
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| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2012-11-30T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
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| temporal | 1900-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/1900-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | Snowstorm Database |
