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Snow levels in Western US are hitting historic lows after extremely warm December (thelemmy.club)

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https://coyotegulch.blog/2026/01/05/snowpack-news-january-5-2026-an-absolutely-enormous-swath-of-the-western-united-states-just-obliterated-its-record-for-the-warmest-december-period-temperature-records-across-this-entire-half-of/

Post got locked (sorry y'all, not sure what I did) but here's the updated original source for the chart data https://nsidc.org/snow-today/snow-viewer

Am I having a stroke or can anyone else smell burning?

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[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago

Yeah, we broke the polar vortex, remember? Shit is different now, forever.