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December 2024 Monthly Global Snow and Ice Report

NCEI Monthly Report · last updated
During December, Northern Hemisphere snow cover extent (SCE) was 42.74 million square km (16.50 million square miles), 3.46% below the 1991-2020 average. Global Sea Ice Extent was 20.91 million square km (8.07 million square miles), 8.33% below the 1991-2020 average.