Synonyms of snowstorm

snowstorm

noun

as in thunderstorm

a storm with a large amount of falling snow

An unexpected snowstorm slowed traffic to a crawl.

Related Words

• thunderstorm
• blizzard
• hurricane
• weather
• rainstorm
• windstorm
• hailstorm
• typhoon
• ice storm
• cloudburst
• storm
• thundershower
• cyclone
• northeaster
• snow squall
• norther
• rainsquall
• southeaster
• sandstorm
• southwester
• squall
• tempest

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of snowstorm

Two days before New Year's Eve, in the middle of a snowstorm, someone tried to take the heat away from half a million people in Poland. — Julian Durand, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

These are the men and women who spent decades operating buses, maintaining subways, repairing tracks, and kept New York moving through snowstorms, terrorist attacks, and a global pandemic. — Marianne Pizzitola, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026

That role is currently empty, and Morales points to the severe snowstorms that took place in January and February as times when the city could have used better coordination. — Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 16 July 2026

Fans have discussed the possibility of a snowstorm affecting the city or a citywide power outage in Season 3. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 8 July 2026