as in thunderstorms
a storm with a large amount of falling snow
An unexpected snowstorm slowed traffic to a crawl.
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Recent Examples of snowstorms
Several snowstorms have already impacted the Northern United States this season.
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Weather has been deteriorating since last week in Nepal, with snowstorms reported on the mountains, the Associated Press reported.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Frozen lakes pose danger, officials say Frozen or iced-over lakes can be very dangerous, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) said after the region's recent snowstorms and freezing temperatures.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2025
The sound does much of the work in action sequences obscured by blinding snowstorms and flashing emergency lights, punctuated by creative acts of accidental self-harm that save our protagonists from certain death more than once.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Weather has been deteriorating since last week in Nepal, with snowstorms reported on the mountains, the Associated Press reported.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Frozen lakes pose danger, officials say Frozen or iced-over lakes can be very dangerous, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) said after the region's recent snowstorms and freezing temperatures.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2025
The sound does much of the work in action sequences obscured by blinding snowstorms and flashing emergency lights, punctuated by creative acts of accidental self-harm that save our protagonists from certain death more than once.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snowstorms
Noun
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But conventional solar and wind installations are no match for temperatures that plummet below –40 degrees Celsius, winds of up to 300 kilometers per hour (kmh) and ferocious blizzards.—
You Xiaoying,
Scientific American,
7 Aug. 2025
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Dairy Queen has brought back 85-cent blizzards, at least for a limited time.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
13 June 2025
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Some of this, of course, is related to fires in California and hurricanes in the southeast that destroyed an enormous amount of utility infrastructure.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Economic hardship, natural disasters such as hurricanes Irma and Maria, and government neglect have since forced many to leave, however.—
Ken Chitwood,
The Conversation,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Snowstorms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snowstorms. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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