Analysis of use of satellite imagery for extraction of snow cover distribution as a parameter in a rainfall-runoff model.Interpolation of point measurements of meteorological variables in relatively big areas (eg. medium and big catchments) does not refl ect their real distribution. The study area is the upper Biebrza River catchment, meteorological data were recorded in a Rogorzynek station. This paper analyses possibilities of usage of a satellite data (MOD10A2, a spatial distribution of a snow cover) as a parameter in a hydrological model, which uses a day-degree method for a snowmelt estimation. The analysis shown a high correlation (0.68) between presence of a snow cover in a land surface station and in satellite data. Moreover, a strong linear relationship (correlation of 0.70) was found between a snow pack depth in the land surface station and an area of snow cover in the catchment estimated from satellite data. Geostatistical analysis of snow cover frequency in a pixel was made. A method of use a MOD10A2 data in a hydrological model was proposed.