snowfall

An occasion when snow falls from the sky.

• Snowfall began before dawn.
• We watched the first snowfall of winter.
• Several snowfalls have delayed flights this month.

Common phrases: heavy snowfall, light snowfall, first snowfall

The amount of snow that falls during a particular period or event.

• Total snowfall reached ten centimetres.
• Annual snowfall is higher in the mountains.
• How much snowfall did the valley receive?

How to use it: snowfall of something (The village recorded a snowfall of twenty centimetres.)

Common phrases: annual snowfall, average snowfall, total snowfall