: 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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Much of the hubbub about snowfall this winter is for areas in the Midwest and along the East Coast.
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
The Old Farmer's Almanac predicts near-to-above normal snowfall on the Ohio Valley's eastern side, which includes Pittsburgh and Charleston, South Carolina, and a below-normal amount on the western side, near the southern tip of Illinois.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, other parts of the country could see below-average snowfall, including the Desert Southwest, Intermountain West, and nearly the entire Eastern Seaboard.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The climber was reportedly trapped by snowfall for 16 hours.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
The Old Farmer's Almanac predicts near-to-above normal snowfall on the Ohio Valley's eastern side, which includes Pittsburgh and Charleston, South Carolina, and a below-normal amount on the western side, near the southern tip of Illinois.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, other parts of the country could see below-average snowfall, including the Desert Southwest, Intermountain West, and nearly the entire Eastern Seaboard.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The climber was reportedly trapped by snowfall for 16 hours.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Snowfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowfall. Accessed 10 Oct. 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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