noun
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a fall of snow
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meteorol the amount of snow received in a specified place and time
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Origin of snowfall
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Cumulative snowfall in the region was about 57% below the 10-year average, which pressured visitation and revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
El Niño events can accelerate this process, while local factors such as cloud cover, snowfall and mountain topography influence its pace.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 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
I wondered what he would do when winter came; but by the first snowfall, the preoccupation had vanished, never to return.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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
A "Pembrokeshire Dangler" - a stream of showers, wintry in this case - also gave significant snowfalls in south west Wales and Cornwall.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 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
After rain, or when snowfalls thaw, the streets, unnamed, unshaded, unpaved, turn from the thickest dust into the direst mud.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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