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It won't snow if the temperature is too cold. I have been told that the temperature must be between 28 and 33 for it to snow, but if its too cold, it won't snow. So I guess, "too cold" would be in the lower 20's.
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Absolutely false.
drymer · 56-60, M
First you should define "too cold"... In some places, geography makes it so, but temperature by itself doesn't make snow more or less probable...
drymer · 56-60, M
OK, that temperature range seems about right for the Pacific Northwest when it only snows when the humid warmish pacific air clashes with an Arctic dry air mass... If it's colder than 28F probably the dry Arctic air mass pushed the humid air mass south then there is not enough humidity for it to snow... Yet I'd think in other parts of the world there's a different dynamic and it may snow if it's colder...
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Xuan12 · 31-35, M
Ja, if it's too cold the air can't accommodate any moisture. So no moisture, means no snow.
drymer · 56-60, M
@Xuan12 Technically that's wrong... Snow doesn't happen with the [i]humidity in the air[/i] of the coldest air mass... When the air gets colder, it's able to hold less humidity and so [i]condensation[/i] happens as a result. That condensation causes clouds and ultimately, snow. Yes, colder air is dryer than warmer air because it can't hold as much humidity, but if a super cold air mass with 0% humidity clashes with warmer air (which, being warmer, will contain more humidity), then all that humidity will condensate and eventually freeze, causing snow...
Xuan12 · 31-35, M
@drymer in that case, you still only see the snow if you were near the front. A sufficient distance into it, the precipitation would never reach you.
drymer · 56-60, M
@Xuan12 That is correct, the snow would happen in the boundary of the two air masses... But regarding the original question, snow would not be limited to a specific, narrow temperature range...
Ynotisay · M
It'll still snow no matter how cold it is. But the snow usually isn't as heavy the colder it gets. The 20's is typically the zone of the heaviest snowfalls.
SW-User
It snows even if it’s-25 around here..except the big snowflakes it’s gonna be fine,powdery snow.
Fauxmyope2 · 26-30, F
I live in New England and we do get snow when it’s cold.
BlueMetalChick · 26-30, F
It can still snow but it's less likely to.
SW-User
still snows here when its in the teens.
jackson55 · M
How cold is too cold?
IM5688 · 61-69, M
@AcidBurn Long Island, New York
@IM5688 When I lived in Wisconsin a temp of 0 wasn't enough to save us from snow.
IM5688 · 61-69, M
@AcidBurn Maybe the fact that you are geographically next to a great lake and Canada has something to do with it.

 
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