: 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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Brief snowfall or even sleet could be possible Sunday afternoon, but no impactful accumulation is expected, according to the weather service.
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 Dec. 2025
More than 23 million people are under winter storm warnings through Saturday — including New York City, which could see its biggest snowfall since 2022.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
The city could see up to eight inches of snow from the storm, according to NBC affilaite WNBC, which reported that even four inches in New York's iconic Central Park could be its highest snowfall since 2022.
—Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
As of Friday morning, the lab said the region had reached 79% of its median annual snowfall to date, with another 5 to 10 inches possible before the storm tapers off.
—Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 26 Dec. 2025
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 Dec. 2025
More than 23 million people are under winter storm warnings through Saturday — including New York City, which could see its biggest snowfall since 2022.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
The city could see up to eight inches of snow from the storm, according to NBC affilaite WNBC, which reported that even four inches in New York's iconic Central Park could be its highest snowfall since 2022.
—Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
As of Friday morning, the lab said the region had reached 79% of its median annual snowfall to date, with another 5 to 10 inches possible before the storm tapers off.
—Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 26 Dec. 2025
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“Snowfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowfall. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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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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