: 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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Cloud seeding is a form of weather modification first developed in the 1940s to help boost rainfall or snowfall in drought-prone or arid regions.
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Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 12 July 2025
Svelte yet heavy, Clipse’s latest sees all their phonetic and poetical gifts rendered to subtly maximal effect, with their lithe vocals cresting Pharrell’s glossy surfaces like snowfall.
—Peter A. Berry, Variety, 11 July 2025
Cloud seeding is when clouds are injected with a compound, like silver iodide, that act as condensation or ice nuclei in an attempt to help stimulate and boost rainfall or snowfall, according to Britannica.
—Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 10 July 2025
Many of these claims center on fears of government control of the weather, with some pointing to technologies like cloud seeding, a technique used to increase rain and snowfall.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 10 July 2025
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Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 12 July 2025
Svelte yet heavy, Clipse’s latest sees all their phonetic and poetical gifts rendered to subtly maximal effect, with their lithe vocals cresting Pharrell’s glossy surfaces like snowfall.
—Peter A. Berry, Variety, 11 July 2025
Cloud seeding is when clouds are injected with a compound, like silver iodide, that act as condensation or ice nuclei in an attempt to help stimulate and boost rainfall or snowfall, according to Britannica.
—Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 10 July 2025
Many of these claims center on fears of government control of the weather, with some pointing to technologies like cloud seeding, a technique used to increase rain and snowfall.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 10 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for snowfall
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“Snowfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowfall. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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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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