More than half of the U.S. is covered with snow

Following winter storms that marched across the country, more than half of the United States was covered by snow Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service:

This image from the U.S. National Ice Center puts it in a different perspective, noting that this is the third-highest amount of snow covering North America this late in the season since they started keeping records:

U.S. NIC: 3rd highest North American #snow cover this late in the season on record (48 years)! http://t.co/UN3vAKjWVC pic.twitter.com/OWNswq6YDn — NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) March 4, 2014