: 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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While the 2023-2024 season isn't officially over, here are this year's snowfall totals, compared with previous water year data from the Snow Lab:
The popular ski resort Palisades in nearby Olympic Valley also confirmed receiving 26 inches in a post to X, formerly Twitter.
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Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
Employees at Palisades Tahoe in Olympic Valley scrambled to prepare the slopes Sunday morning after the resort received the second-highest 24-hour snowfall.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
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Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
Employees at Palisades Tahoe in Olympic Valley scrambled to prepare the slopes Sunday morning after the resort received the second-highest 24-hour snowfall.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
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“Snowfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowfall. Accessed 12 May. 2024.
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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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