: 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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However, recent winters with above-average snowfall and precipitation have helped boost its water levels, Newsweek previously reported.
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Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Meanwhile, the snowfall ends and everyone runs outside to celebrate.
—Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 1 May 2025
Winter typically sees an average of 16 feet of snowfall, while cherry blossoms bloom a cool two weeks behind Tokyo.
—Paul Jebara, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2025
There’s an elegant severity to the natural elements that share the frame with the movie’s characters, manifested in silhouettes against vast cloudy skies, delicate snowfalls, shafts of light in dark interiors and crisp air filled with smoke and dust.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
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Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Meanwhile, the snowfall ends and everyone runs outside to celebrate.
—Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 1 May 2025
Winter typically sees an average of 16 feet of snowfall, while cherry blossoms bloom a cool two weeks behind Tokyo.
—Paul Jebara, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2025
There’s an elegant severity to the natural elements that share the frame with the movie’s characters, manifested in silhouettes against vast cloudy skies, delicate snowfalls, shafts of light in dark interiors and crisp air filled with smoke and dust.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
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“Snowfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowfall. Accessed 20 May. 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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