: 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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Winters are getting warmer, resulting in less snowfall.
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John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Snow is possible as early as Thursday and Friday across far Northern Minnesota, with accumulating snowfall likely in parts of Canada!
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
At high elevations, cold air turns heavy monsoon precipitation into snowfall that sustains the ice.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025
In The Streets During Storm Filomena’s historic snowfall, photographers braved the cold in Plaza Mayor in Madrid, Spain, to capture a once-in-a-lifetime scene.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Snow is possible as early as Thursday and Friday across far Northern Minnesota, with accumulating snowfall likely in parts of Canada!
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
At high elevations, cold air turns heavy monsoon precipitation into snowfall that sustains the ice.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025
In The Streets During Storm Filomena’s historic snowfall, photographers braved the cold in Plaza Mayor in Madrid, Spain, to capture a once-in-a-lifetime scene.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 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 9 Sep. 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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