heavy snowfall
noun
: an occurrence of a lot of snow falling
shoveling the driveway after a heavy snowfall
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Forecasters said the system could produce unusually heavy snowfall for late June.
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Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
The team conducted testing in harsh weather, including strong winds and heavy snowfall.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
18 June 2026
Supporters of the initiative, rather than presenting Switzerland as a nation in terminal decline, describe a homeland that has been rendered unrecognizable—like a landscape after a heavy snowfall—by rapid growth.
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Jessi Jezewska Stevens,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
There are also services like Sensible Weather and WeatherPromise which reimburse travel and lodging costs for every day a trip is dashed by rain, heavy snowfall or high heat.
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ABC News,
8 June 2026
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Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
The team conducted testing in harsh weather, including strong winds and heavy snowfall.
—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
18 June 2026
Supporters of the initiative, rather than presenting Switzerland as a nation in terminal decline, describe a homeland that has been rendered unrecognizable—like a landscape after a heavy snowfall—by rapid growth.
—
Jessi Jezewska Stevens,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
There are also services like Sensible Weather and WeatherPromise which reimburse travel and lodging costs for every day a trip is dashed by rain, heavy snowfall or high heat.
—
ABC News,
8 June 2026
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“Heavy snowfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavy%20snowfall. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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