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2001-2010 was the snowiest decade on record

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From Watts Up With That. (H/T ECM)

Excerpt:

Now that we have reached the end of the meteorological winter (December-February,) Rutgers University Global Snow Lab numbers (1967-2010) show that the just completed decade (2001-2010) had the snowiest Northern Hemisphere winters on record.  The just completed winter was also the second snowiest on record, exceeded only by 1978.  Average winter snow extent during the past decade was greater than 45,500,000 km2, beating out the 1960s by about 70,000 km2, and beating out the 1990s by nearly 1,000,000 km2.

But what did the global warming alarmists predict?

It appears that AGW claims of the demise of snowfall have been exaggerated.  And so far things are not looking very good for the climate model predictions of declining snowfall in the 21st century.

Many regions of the Northern Hemisphere have seen record snowfall this winter, including Washington D.C, Moscow, China, and Korea.

Click through for nice graphs that really explain what is what.

7 thoughts on “2001-2010 was the snowiest decade on record”

  1. Global Warming science works best when read backwards rather than forward. It’s snowing? — that’s exactly what we expected! Remember, when it’s hot, it’s global warming, when it’s cold, it’s weather.

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  2. It seems it was also the hottest (I’m sure I can track down the refs if you want).
    Who would have thought it? (the “AGW alarmist” climate scientists, mostly, for both the snow and the heat) :-)

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      1. Here is a link to the nasa analysis. It seems the data is available at the bottom.

        It’s my understanding that this result is generally supported by data and analysis from other climate research and monitoring groups around the globe.

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  3. Richard: Remember, when it’s hot, it’s global warming, when it’s cold, it’s weather.

    Not quite. Remember: When it’s local (hot or cold) it’s weather. When it’s hotter, on average everywhere, and more severe (read: cold snaps, snow ins etc), then it’s climate ;-)

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