Snow Facts
Another form of snow besides snowflakes
sleet, graupel
City in the US where snow has never been reported?
SNOW HAS NEVER BEEN REPORTED IN KEY WEST.
The coldest temperature on record for the Florida city (reached on January 13, 1981, and January 12, 1886) is 41 degrees.
An intense snowfall accompanied by strong winds that only lasts a short time.
Snow squall
Igloos stay warm by?
Igloos are warmed entirely by body heat. Since fresh, compacted snow is approximately 90 to 95 percent trapped air (meaning it can’t move and transfer heat) it’s a great insulator. Many animals, such as bears, dig deep holes in the snow to hibernate through the winter.
Holds the record for the most snow angels in multiple locations
NOVA SCOTIA HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST SNOW ANGELS EVER MADE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
The size of the largest snowflake? (inch x inch)
On January 28, 1887, a snowflake 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick fell in Fort Keogh, Montana. It's in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest snowflake ever observed.
what is the range of feet per second that snowflakes falls (ex 10-12 ft per second)
SNOW FALLS AT 1 TO 6 FEET PER SECOND.
At least in the case of snowflakes with broad structures, which act as parachutes. Snow that falls in the form of pellet-like graupel travels to Earth at a much faster rate.
A brief, intense snowfall that results in rapid accumulation of snow.
Snow burst
How can SNOWBALLS FORM THEMSELVES
natural rolling
Something strange happened earlier this year in northwest Siberia: Mysterious, giant snowballs began washing up on a beach along the Gulf of Ob. It turns out the ice orbs were formed naturally by the rolling motions of wind and water. With some spheres reaching nearly 3 feet in width, you wouldn’t want to use this frozen ammunition in a snowball fight.
The US state that holds the record of most snow angels in one single place
NORTH DAKOTA HOLDS THE RECORD FOR MOST SNOW ANGELS MADE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN ONE PLACE.
The true color of snow
SNOW IS TRANSLUCENT, NOT WHITE
The state that holds the record for the most snow fall in a single day.
On December 4, 1913, 63 inches of snow fell on Georgetown, Colorado
Quickest cold snap in history.
Rapid City, South Dakota’s weather records from January 10, 1911, show just how fast temperatures can plummet. The day started out at a pleasant 55°F, then over the course of 15 minutes a wicked cold front brought the temperature down to 8 degrees.
3 ways cities dispose of snow and ice?
When snow piles up too high for cities to manage, it’s usually hauled away to parking lots or other wide-open spaces where it can sit until the weather warms up. During particularly snowy seasons, cities are sometimes forced to dump snow in the ocean, only to be met with criticism from environmental activists. Some cities employ snow melters that use hot water to melt 30 to 50 tons of snow an hour. This method is quick but costly—a single machine can cost $200,000 and burn 60 gallons of fuel in an hour of use.
US city that had the largest snowball fight
THE LARGEST SNOWBALL FIGHT ON RECORD TOOK PLACE IN SEATTLE.
Translucent is
means that light does not pass through it easily (like it would transparent glass), but is rather reflected
THE MOST SNOW TO FALL IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD IN THE UNITED STATES (inches)
IS 75.8 INCHES.
THE SNOWIEST CITY ON EARTH
THE SNOWIEST CITY ON EARTH IS IN JAPAN.
Aomori City in northern Japan receives more snowfall than any major city on the planet. Each year citizens are pummeled with 312 inches, or about 26 feet, of snow on average.
A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
Freezing rain and sleet can both have scary effects on driving conditions, but their formations differ in some key ways. Both types of precipitation occur when rain formed in warm air in the sky passes through a layer of cold air near the ground. Thicker layers of cold air create sleet, a slushy form of water that’s semi-frozen by the time it reaches the Earth. Thinner layers don’t give rain enough time to freeze until it hits the surface of the ground—it then forms a thin coat of ice wherever it lands.
Lowest temperature ever recorded
The lowest temperature ever recorded was at Vostok Station in Antarctica. On July 21, 1983, it was -98.2 degrees Celsius (-128.6 Fahrenheit) there!
Colors snow appears to be
white, pink, blue
The number of ice crystals that fall in the US over a one year period
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000—24 zeros!
“Every winter, at least one septillion (that’s 1 followed by 24 zeros) snow crystals fall from the sky.”
A snowstorm with winds at least 35 miles per hour and the snowfall reduces visibility to less than 0.25 miles for a period of at least three hours.
Blizzard
Largest snowman built
“The largest recorded snowman ever built was in Bethel, Maine, in February 1999. It was a whopping 113 feet tall.”
How long does it take a snowflake to reach the ground?
Up to two hours to fall from a cloud to the ground