EURASIA SNOW AREA (Millions of Square KM) 12 MON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC MEAN 1973 28.4 29.2 24.7 17.6 10.7 4.4 1.2 0.4 2.1 9.8 22.3 26.9 14.8 1974 28.0 27.5 23.7 17.2 11.7 6.0 1.5 1.0 1.2 9.7 18.8 23.1 14.1 1975 26.8 26.5 23.6 16.4 10.2 4.4 1.6 0.6 1.4 8.4 17.7 25.1 13.6 1976 27.6 27.9 25.2 18.4 12.4 6.7 2.0 1.3 2.4 18.5 21.1 25.6 15.8 1977 30.7 27.6 23.2 17.1 10.1 4.4 1.6 1.0 3.6 11.5 18.6 27.3 14.7 1978 30.5 31.6 25.7 15.7 11.9 6.9 2.1 1.4 2.4 10.3 18.6 26.1 15.3 1979 30.5 28.2 26.4 19.5 11.8 4.4 1.5 0.9 1.8 7.9 16.5 22.5 14.3 1980 27.7 29.2 25.9 20.5 11.6 4.7 1.4 1.2 1.7 7.7 19.1 22.4 14.4 1981 25.4 27.5 27.6 20.4 11.7 6.4 1.7 0.9 1.1 8.2 21.3 26.5 14.9 1982 29.3 27.6 24.1 16.5 8.7 3.4 0.8 0.7 2.0 11.6 20.0 26.3 14.2 1983 29.0 29.4 24.3 16.6 10.8 4.3 1.4 1.2 1.7 9.5 18.6 25.7 14.4 1984 27.3 27.8 24.5 17.6 9.0 2.7 0.8 0.4 0.8 9.0 19.6 25.4 13.7 1985 30.0 29.5 26.8 18.3 11.1 5.2 1.0 0.4 0.8 10.0 24.0 27.4 15.4 1986 28.3 29.2 23.9 17.4 10.5 3.9 0.9 0.3 2.0 8.7 19.9 25.2 14.2 1987 29.3 28.7 26.9 18.2 9.5 5.7 1.4 0.3 1.4 7.0 20.9 25.7 14.6 1988 28.8 27.5 24.5 15.2 9.8 2.6 0.6 0.2 1.0 5.7 17.5 24.9 13.2 1989 28.4 26.1 22.3 15.6 9.2 3.8 1.3 0.3 2.2 8.9 19.5 26.7 13.7 1990 28.2 26.5 21.6 14.7 7.6 1.7 0.4 0.2 0.5 7.1 17.6 27.1 12.8 1991 28.0 28.9 23.5 16.0 9.9 3.9 0.7 0.6 0.7 7.7 20.0 26.0 13.8 1992 28.5 26.8 23.3 15.5 8.2 3.8 0.7 0.2 1.2 8.0 20.2 27.1 13.6 1993 28.1 26.7 23.7 15.6 9.3 3.1 0.9 0.4 2.0 10.9 23.6 26.9 14.3 1994 26.8 27.9 23.2 15.6 9.8 3.6 0.9 0.4 1.4 7.5 19.1 25.9 13.5 1995 28.2 25.8 22.4 17.8 10.3 3.8 1.1 0.9 2.4 9.5 19.8 27.3 14.1 1996 29.0 27.3 24.7 19.0 10.1 4.7 1.2 0.3 2.5 10.4 20.6 24.3 14.5 1997 28.2 27.3 22.2 16.4 8.8 3.5 1.3 0.9 2.6 9.0 21.4 26.6 14.0 1998 28.1 27.4 24.6 18.1 9.8 4.3 1.2 0.8 2.1 11.5 21.7 26.4 14.7 1999 26.8 26.6 23.4 16.5 9.1 3.2 0.4 0.2 1.7 10.3 21.8 27.2 13.9 2000 29.9 27.9 24.2 15.9 9.3 3.3 0.6 0.2 2.3 10.2 20.9 25.9 14.2 2001 28.1 26.9 23.8 15.9 7.8 2.2 0.1 0.1 2.5 10.4 18.8 28.2 13.7 2002 28.7 24.9 20.1 16.5 8.9 2.4 0.3 0.2 2.3 13.4 21.9 29.3 14.1 2003 30.3 29.7 25.1 17.8 10.5 3.9 0.5 0.1 0.9 10.5 20.8 25.6 14.6 2004 29.0 26.6 22.6 16.5 9.6 3.8 0.4 0.1 1.6 11.5 20.3 27.5 14.1 2005 28.0 30.2 24.5 16.1 10.1 2.9 0.3 0.1 1.0 9.7 18.1 26.7 14.0 2006 30.5 28.4 23.8 17.0 9.9 2.8 0.2 0.0 1.5 11.6 20.6 25.7 14.3 2007 26.5 26.7 23.6 14.8 7.9 1.8 0.2 0.0 0.8 7.9 19.3 25.9 13.0 2008 31.5 27.7 20.7 16.4 10.1 2.4 0.2 0.0 0.6 7.7 19.3 25.2 13.5 2009 28.8 26.8 23.1 14.9 8.1 1.7 0.1 0.0 0.4 10.9 22.5 27.0 13.7 2010 29.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MEANS 28.6 27.8 24.0 16.9 9.9 3.9 0.9 0.5 1.6 9.7 20.1 26.1 STD DEV 1.3 1.3 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.3 0.5 0.4 0.7 2.2 1.7 1.4