: a fall of snow
specifically
: the amount of snow that falls in a single storm or in a given period
Examples of snowfall in a Sentence
The yearly snowfall here is over 30 feet!
30 feet of annual snowfall
The area is expecting heavy snowfall this weekend.
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El Nino typically increases the odds of above-average snowfall in the southern Rockies, south-central Plains, mid-Atlantic and coastal areas of the Northeast, with below-average snowfall favored in the northern Rockies, northern Plains and Great Lakes regions.
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Dan Peck, ABC News, 14 May 2026
This idea differs sharply from earlier models based on ‘iron snow’ convection, where solid iron particles crystallize inside an already-existing liquid core and fall downward like metallic snowfall.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
Arapahoe Basin is the last Colorado ski area still open after a winter marked by dismal snowfall.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 9 May 2026
The drought monitor uses data that cuts off Tuesday morning, meaning a large portion of this week's rain and snowfall will likely not appear until next week's update.
—Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 8 May 2026
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Dan Peck, ABC News, 14 May 2026
This idea differs sharply from earlier models based on ‘iron snow’ convection, where solid iron particles crystallize inside an already-existing liquid core and fall downward like metallic snowfall.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
Arapahoe Basin is the last Colorado ski area still open after a winter marked by dismal snowfall.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 9 May 2026
The drought monitor uses data that cuts off Tuesday morning, meaning a large portion of this week's rain and snowfall will likely not appear until next week's update.
—Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 8 May 2026
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“Snowfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowfall. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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snowfall
noun
snow·fall
-ˌfȯl 
1
: a fall of snow
2
: the amount of snow that falls in a single storm or in a certain period
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