Analysis of long-term changes in the height of the snow cover according to the Nalchik weather station

This paper presents the results of studies of changes in snow cover characteristics for the Nalchik weather station for the period 1961-2012 yy. The analysis of calculations of the average decade height of the snow cover, the number of days with snow cover (SP), the beginning and end of the descent of the SP, the establishment/destruction of a stable SP in the base (1961-1990) and the modern period is Presented. In order to obtain the average annual characteristics, the average monthly snow cover data for 7 months (October, November, December, January, February, March, April) of the cold seasons of 1960/61-2011/12 were averaged. For the average decadal altitude and the number of days with descent, the series were extended to 2018 and analyzed.