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snowfall

[snoh-fawl] / ˈsnoʊˌfɔl /


NOUN
snow
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Now, after a winter of measly snowfall in the Rocky Mountains, a crisis is approaching.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

At the same time, Greenland would experience fewer storms, leading to less snowfall and slower ice accumulation.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

It was a stormy night, with heavy snowfall and almost no visibility.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

Huss said the "very bad state of the glaciers at the moment" was down to a "combination of bad circumstances", including less snowfall, and the arrival of dust from the Sahara Desert in March.

From Barron's Jun. 27, 2026

Everything that had happened throughout the day faded like that first false snowfall of the winter.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

And probably all the snow: Recent research by Cohen found that polar vortex stretches align with the heaviest and deepest snowfalls.

From Slate Feb. 25, 2026

It has all come during a particularly cold winter, with heavy snowfalls and temperatures around 6 degrees Fahrenheit or lower since early January.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 26, 2026

These layers of ice holding dust, compacted for centuries, perhaps millennia, may be able to tell us about the atmosphere, temperatures and snowfalls deep into the past.

From Barron's Nov. 7, 2025

Temperatures are dropping and the country has already experienced its first snowfalls, but the full force of Ukraine’s famously harsh winter has not yet been felt.

From BBC Nov. 28, 2024

Specks of debris floated all around, like a gentle snowfall, and suddenly she was recalling the snowfalls she’d experienced on land.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown




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