snowmelt

noun

snow·​melt ˈsnō-ˌmelt How to pronounce snowmelt (audio)
: runoff produced by melting snow

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Add record temperatures, early snowmelt, and wind—and the landscape becomes a fuse waiting for a spark. Phil De Luna, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025 Above-normal temperatures combined with paltry precipitation levels have led to rapid snowmelts across the U.S. West — reducing water supplies for the spring and summer, federal meteorologists are warning. Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 20 May 2025 In the wake of a warm April, Colorado’s snowpack is going through early snowmelt with below-normal snowpack and low runoff, according to the monthly water supply outlook from the Natural Resources Conservation Service. John Meyer, Denver Post, 8 May 2025 Furthermore, by knocking down trees and maintaining grasslands, Colossal says, mammoths will help slow snowmelt, ensuring Arctic ecosystems absorb less sunlight. Nitin Sekar, ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for snowmelt

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1927, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of snowmelt was circa 1927

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“Snowmelt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowmelt. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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