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

Like the experience of trudging through a snowstorm with pink eye, and, days later, standing atop a mountain and using those same eyes to absorb the light of so many stars. — Alexandra Oliva june 1, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026

One wintry day his job was simple, to back up another trooper with a tractor trailer crash on the Massachusetts Turnpike near the Oxford and Auburn line during a snowstorm. — Louisa Moller, CBS News, 28 May 2026

Heavy snowstorms at the turn of the New Year, in February and in April kept the Sierra Nevada’s overall snowfall within five feet of its median snowfall-to-date this water year as of May, according to the Central Sierra Snow Lab. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026

His father’s funeral visitation was held during a snowstorm on February weeknight. — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2026