heavy snowfall
noun
: an occurrence of a lot of snow falling
shoveling the driveway after a heavy snowfall
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Supporters of the initiative, rather than presenting Switzerland as a nation in terminal decline, describe a homeland that has been rendered unrecognizable—like a landscape after a heavy snowfall—by rapid growth.
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Jessi Jezewska Stevens, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
There are also services like Sensible Weather and WeatherPromise which reimburse travel and lodging costs for every day a trip is dashed by rain, heavy snowfall or high heat.
—ABC News, 8 June 2026
Out in a rainstorm because sometimes that can be just as appealing as watching it from behind warm windows—there is a natural craving for weather to confirm one’s aliveness, and as with storms the same can be true of being out in strong winds, or heavy snowfall, or dense mist.
—Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
Hiking, fishing, bicycling, and camping are popular, and in winter when the area receives heavy snowfall, there's skiing and snowshoeing.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2026
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Jessi Jezewska Stevens, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
There are also services like Sensible Weather and WeatherPromise which reimburse travel and lodging costs for every day a trip is dashed by rain, heavy snowfall or high heat.
—ABC News, 8 June 2026
Out in a rainstorm because sometimes that can be just as appealing as watching it from behind warm windows—there is a natural craving for weather to confirm one’s aliveness, and as with storms the same can be true of being out in strong winds, or heavy snowfall, or dense mist.
—Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
Hiking, fishing, bicycling, and camping are popular, and in winter when the area receives heavy snowfall, there's skiing and snowshoeing.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2026
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“Heavy snowfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavy%20snowfall. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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