snowfall
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Switzerland’s glaciers lost more than 5% of their ice in the past year, typically losing between 8 and 13 feet, after a winter of meager snowfall and summer heatwaves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
They are almost always accompanied by heavy rain or snowfall, as well as strong wind gusts.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
Scientists are finding that snowfall is more connected to water underground than we knew.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Heavy snowfall last October and November also added to a large amount of meltwater early this year.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
By one o’clock it was a real, hard snowfall.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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
Many braved heavy snowfalls in parts of the country, which had been feared a deterrent to voters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
New snowfalls are also possible across England and Wales through the coming week, despite temperatures lifting a little.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 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
Hawaii’s Big Island, though lying well within the Tropic of Cancer, has mountains high enough to support alpine habitats and receive occasional snowfalls.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
