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
