National Climate Data Center Website
By: Meteorologist Steve Newton
Updated: December 10, 2012
On the National Climate Data Center (NCDC) website can look at snow and ice cover for the United States, Alaska, or the entire Northern Hemisphere from 1998 to 2012.
This is where the exploring begins for you. Pick a time frame in that period, let's say the first term in college, the first year of your marriage, the month you went on a memorable road trip and were caught in the snow, and see what the snow and ice cover was. It might drum up memories of a snow storm you experienced or an epic snowball fight you had after a storm swept through your town.

