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Map of North America showing places where La Niña favors snowy winters in shades of blue and where it favors less-snowy winters in shades of grey.

Number of winters with above-average snowfall out of 22 La Niña winters (January-March) since 1959. Blue means more than half of La Niña winters were snowier than average; the darker the blue, the higher the count. Gray means fewer than half of La Niña winters were snowier-than-average; the darker the gray, the lower the count. Map by Climate.us, using analysis of ERA5 data from 1959-2023 by Michelle L'Heureux created for Climate.gov.