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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Etymology
Origin of snowfall
Example Sentences
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The grim scenario is driven by the current heatwave, as well as the one in May -- both coming on the back of another winter with poor snowfall.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
This year’s season has already seen 293 inches of snow, a slight increase from last year’s 286, with December, February and April reporting the heaviest snowfall.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
Residents, volunteers and officials report that, as last winter set in, snowfall made the danger points harder to see amid intensified mining.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
Coastal areas experienced colder-than-average temperatures along with periods of moderate to heavy snowfall.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026
I looked outside and could barely see them through the heavy snowfall.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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
In December 2010, the UK experienced very low temperatures and significant snowfalls.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025
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
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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