How to Use snowfall in a Sentence

snowfall

noun
  • The area is expecting heavy snowfall this weekend.
  • The yearly snowfall here is over 30 feet!
  • That’s why April 2 is the date of the normal last snowfall in Chicago.
    Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 29 Mar. 2022
  • But the northern parts of the state were far from the only to receive hefty snowfall.
    David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2024
  • That dress looks like a snowfall in the Alps, an avalanche not seen by human eyes.
    Concita De Gregorio, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 July 2023
  • The Cascades could see a good round of new snowfall above about 4,000 feet over the weekend.
    oregonlive, 25 Feb. 2022
  • The red line shows the normal amount of snowfall expected.
    John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Fake snowfall and a tropical Santa are also in the park through the end of the year.
    Valerie Nome, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The West Coast will have dry and mild conditions and the Rockies will see snowfall.
    Steve Strouss, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The Cascades will see some new snowfall, but most of that will be above 6,000 feet and well above the pass levels.
    oregonlive, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Type The best snow shovels are the ones that are appropriate for the type of snowfall.
    Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The crash occurred as a storm rolled through the state, bringing snowfall and freezing rain to the region.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2024
  • This weekend, the cold air mass and the wind brought wind chills in the single digits along with more than an inch of snowfall.
    Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2022
  • With cold rain falling and the remnants of a previous snowfall still on the streets, the mood was grim but steely.
    John Leicester and Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune, 24 Nov. 2022
  • The Cascades could see a little new snowfall late Wednesday night but by then, the bulk of the rain will have moved east.
    oregonlive, 28 Feb. 2022
  • The weather forecast for South Lake Tahoe shows snowfall in the coming days.
    Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 28 Mar. 2024
  • California is inches away from a 30-year snowfall record as more of the state eclipses the 50-feet mark.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The opening and closing dates depend on snowfall each year.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2023
  • This will bring continued chances of snowfall along the foothills of the Cascades and in the higher elevations of the Coast Range.
    oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2023
  • This could be the Sierra’s biggest snowstorm of the season so far and help make up the current snowfall deficit for the mountain chain.
    Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • While snowfall in June isn’t unheard of in the region, enough to pile up on roads and halt traffic is much less common.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 20 June 2023
  • However, the heavy snowfall totals will stick around for a while.
    Adam Klotz, Fox News, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The southern segment of the lake rose more than four feet this spring in response to record snowfall around the state, but has begun to drop again in the heat of the summer months.
    Emma Penrod, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Before the late winter spike in snowfall, Alyeska had a crew of about 40 core workers for snow removal.
    Elizabeth Harball, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Mar. 2022
  • That date also holds Cincinnati's record for the earliest date of 1 inch or more of snowfall.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
  • Sunday morning broke in the mountains with temperatures in the 30s, and with the fresh snowfall came the skiers to Kirkwood.
    Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2022
  • January snowfall has been mainly feast or famine over the last decade.
    Jeff Halverson, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Cannon noted that footprints had been hard to track in the area because of the recent snowfall and rugged terrain.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 May 2022
  • In the midst of soaring summer temperatures, Philadelphia set a new record for snowfall in July.
    Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 15 July 2024
  • These mild temperatures will be offset by a deluge of rain and higher levels of mountain snowfall, the almanac reported.
    Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024

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