noun
-
a fall of snow
-
meteorol the amount of snow received in a specified place and time
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of snowfall
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
It was a stormy night, with heavy snowfall and almost no visibility.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
As a result, some regions may experience heavier rain or snowfall, while others see unusually hot and dry conditions.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026
Less snowfall caused the decrease, the climate expert said, while high temperatures have transformed any solid snow into its gaseous form.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Mammoth Resorts Communications Manager Emily van Greuning said the resort had received 1 to 3 inches of snowfall since Tuesday night, with more snow expected Thursday and potentially throughout the week.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
Center Valley’s strawberry fields lay under nine inches of powder and were as fuzzy through the snowfall as a landscape in a dream, with no discernible hard edges.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
