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blizzard-count·dataset

Where U.S. Blizzards Struck, 1950 to 2021

Blizzard Count 1950-2021
atmosphere NASA VEDA COG
In plain English

What it measures. A map of how many confirmed blizzards hit across the Northern Plains, Midwest, and Northeast between 1950 and 2021.

How it's made. Built by interpolating confirmed blizzard reports from the federal storm-events database into a continuous map.

How & where you'd use it. Shows which regions face the most frequent blizzards, supporting climate awareness and winter planning.

What's measured

blizzardcount

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2021-12-31 → 2021-12-31
  • Spatial extent-110.6, 34.7, -66.7, 49.6
  • FormatsCOG

What you can do with it

  • Map air pollutants — NO₂, aerosols, ozone
  • Track greenhouse gases and Earth's energy budget
  • Feed weather and air-quality analysis
Official description

Nearest neighbor interpolation of NCEI Storm Events Database confirmed blizzard reports from 1950-2021 in the United States, clipped to the Northern Plains, Midwest, and Northeast.

Get the data

veda_access.py
# NASA VEDA — open STAC API, anonymous (cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs)
from pystac_client import Client

cat = Client.open("https://openveda.cloud/api/stac")
col = cat.get_collection("blizzard-count")
items = list(col.get_items())          # browse the analysis-ready COGs
# open an asset with rioxarray:
# import rioxarray; da = rioxarray.open_rasterio(items[0].assets["cog_default"].href)
NASA VEDA is an open STAC catalog — browse and stream the cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs anonymously (no login).