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I would assume that most of the snowfall data comes from ski resorts, and there are a lot more of those in the west than in the east.
by VideriQuamEsse 8y ago
I would assume that most of the snowfall data comes from ski resorts, and there are a lot more of those in the west than in the east.
- cmurf 8y agoSnowfall data at ski resorts isn't reliable because they make snow, and the incentive is to lie toward favorable amounts for marketing purposes. In Colorado a few years ago a number of resorts were caught blatantly fabricating snowfall amounts and then they combated this with variations on snow stake cams published on their web site. Anyway, there are quite a few NOAA SNOTEL sites all over that have reliable data and for sure snow pack is on a decline, and there's also USDA NRCS who use that data and publish agricultural specific interpretations of it. Further, due to budget constraints, some of these data may stop being tracked and produced altogether. https://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/gis/images/co_swepctnormal_update.png https://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/gis/images/co_swepctnor... https://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/gis/images/mt_swepctnormal_update.png https://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/gis/images/mt_swepctnor... Note the notice under the date.