Take the data from this table and create a bar chart showing the percent coverage for each month. Look at the data in your chart and see if you can answer these questions. As you move away from the equator, more significant snowfalls occur. Let's find out how and why some regions in the United States get more than 100 inches of snow year after year. First, here are the basics.
Conditions are ideal for heavy snowstorms when very cold dry air and warmer, moist air meet.
Some areas, such as the Rocky Mountains, the northern plains and certain areas near the Great Lakes receive an especially large amount of snow. Rochester, MN, has a colder average daily temperature than Rochester, NY, but receives only half as much snow. Look at this map to help figure out your answer. Nor'easter storms can produce heavy snows along the northeast coast similar to those from lake-effect snowstorms. Compare and contrast these storms.