Fun Snow Facts and Trivia!
For some areas, it’s time to break out the snow shovel. Here are a few facts to think about when you clear the driveway.
How much do you know about snow? Here are some fun facts:
Snow Facts
- Snow is formed from water vapors in the cold clouds that have condensed into ice crystals.
- Ice crystals fasten onto a dust speck. One crystal attaches to another forming a snowflake. Once the snowflake is heavy enough, it falls from the cloud.
- A snowflake is either a single ice crystal or many crystals.
- The size of a snowflake is determined by how many ice crystals join together.
- The tops of clouds must be below 32 degrees Fahrenheit, or 0 degrees Celsius in order for snowfall to occur.
- Snow can fall from any layered cloud that is cold enough.
- Snow accumulated on the ground helps keep bulbs and plant roots (beneath the ground) from freezing in frigid weather.
Snow Trivia
- The snow capital of the United States is Stampede Pass, Washington. Each year it has an average snowfall of 430 inches!
- The largest snowflake recorded fell in 1887 in Montana. It was 15” in diameter.
- Every snowflake has six sides or points, yet no two snowflakes are ever the same in design.
Kristen Hewitt
After graduating from Bates College in 2009, Kristen attended the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Maine. She lives in Western Massachusetts where she works at Orion magazine."
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