Historical Soviet Snow Depth Records from 284 Stations

284 World Meteorological Organization stations across Russia and the former Soviet Union provide daily snow depth observations from 1881 through 1995. The dataset also includes snow cover percentage, snow characteristics, site details, and quality flags. It is maintained by the NSIDCV0 organization.

Use Cases

• Analyzing long-term trends in snow depth and snow cover percent across Northern Eurasia.
• Validating climate and hydrological models using station-based snow characteristic observations.
• Studying site-specific snowpack evolution over a 114-year period using quality-flagged daily data.
• Correlating snow depth with other climatic variables for historical weather pattern reconstruction.

Strengths

• Covers a 114-year time series (1881-1995), providing a rare long-term historical perspective.
• Includes data from 284 standardized WMO stations, ensuring systematic geographic coverage.
• Contains multiple parameters like snow cover percent and quality flags for data reliability assessment.

Limitations

• Specific column names and the total row count are not documented across any platform.
• Sources conflict on the last updated date: one states 1995-12-31, another states 2026-03 13.

Provenance

Source

NSIDCV0

Collection Method

Observations from World Meteorological Organization (WMO) stations.

Time Range

1881 - 1995

Freshness

2026 -03-13 01:28:05.956126

Geography

Russia and the former Soviet Union.