: 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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Areas such as Georgetown and Winter Park are projected to see up to 23 inches of snowfall, while Berthoud Pass and Rocky Mountain National Park could each see almost 40 inches of snow stack up, according to NWS snowfall projections.
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Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2024
On March 15, there were 9.6 inches of new snowfall and 0.75 inch of precipitation, according to the weather service in Flagstaff.
—The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2024
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Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2024
On March 15, there were 9.6 inches of new snowfall and 0.75 inch of precipitation, according to the weather service in Flagstaff.
—The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2024
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“Snowfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowfall. Accessed 5 May. 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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