: 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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The ability to access a healthy amount of hydroelectricity this summer looks promising, due to a second straight year of above-average rain and snowfall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
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Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2024
The Grand County resort has recorded 406 inches of snowfall through the season.
—John Meyer, The Denver Post, 22 May 2024
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Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2024
The Grand County resort has recorded 406 inches of snowfall through the season.
—John Meyer, The Denver Post, 22 May 2024
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“Snowfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowfall. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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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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