snowstorms

noun

plural of snowstorm
as in thunderstorms
a storm with a large amount of falling snow An unexpected snowstorm slowed traffic to a crawl.

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Recent Examples of snowstorms Unlike those folks from the other side of the country who fill cold-weather stadiums for bad teams during snowstorms and brag about it, the local sports fans stay away from struggling teams in uncomfortable situations and shrug about it. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 Our sales really dipped amidst some pretty terrible snowstorms. — Karla Walsh, Midwest Living, 17 Aug. 2026 Millions tuned in to watch her weather snowstorms, raise eaglets with her mate Shadow, and soar above Big Bear Lake, turning a wildlife camera into one of the internet's most beloved windows into nature. — James Ward, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026 These are the men and women who spent decades operating buses, maintaining subways, repairing tracks, and kept New York moving through snowstorms, terrorist attacks, and a global pandemic. — Marianne Pizzitola, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026 That role is currently empty, and Morales points to the severe snowstorms that took place in January and February as times when the city could have used better coordination. — Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 16 July 2026 Heavy snowstorms at the turn of the New Year, in February and in April kept the Sierra Nevada’s overall snowfall within five feet of its median snowfall-to-date this water year as of May, according to the Central Sierra Snow Lab. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026 After multiple surprise extensions and a few late season snowstorms, Colorado's long and difficult ski season has officially come to a close. — Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 18 May 2026 The need was even greater following snowstorms that disrupted power and water service to much of Houston. — Kelly Yamanouchi, AJC.com, 15 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snowstorms
  1. thunderstorms
  2. blizzards
  3. hurricanes
Noun
  • About 100,000 thunderstorms rumble across the United States each year, but just 10% intensify into a severe thunderstorm, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    — Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of thunderstorms
Noun
  • Grandma, irrelevantly but convincingly, spoke of wars, blizzards and trekking barefoot to school.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • Benji’s father is a volatile patriarch who grills during blizzards and hits him for failing to manfully respond to a classmate’s racist slight.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Definition of blizzards
Noun
  • How rare are tropical storms or hurricanes in Southern California?
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Researchers say that more attention needs to be placed on the threat of tropical cyclones — a term that includes hurricanes and tropical storms — to Southern California.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of hurricanes

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“Snowstorms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snowstorms. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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