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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...
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.
Blahblahblahblah · 26-30, F
True.
BlueRain · F
True
jackson55 · M
How cold is too cold?
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