Synonyms of snowstorms

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.

Related Words

• thunderstorms
• blizzards
• hurricanes
• rainstorms
• windstorms
• hailstorms
• typhoons
• cloudbursts
• storms
• ice storms
• weathers
• thundershowers
• cyclones
• snow squalls
• northers
• rainsqualls
• sandstorms
• northeasters
• southeasters
• southwesters
• squalls
• tempests

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of snowstorms

Regardless of warmer than normal temperatures, only a marginal amount of cold air is needed to produce snowstorms. — Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

When Arctic air meets a moisture-rich storm system, the combination can produce snowstorms and blizzards. — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

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

Best Time to Drive At elevations ranging from 2,300 to more than 7,300 feet above sea level, access to the Sierra Vista Scenic Byway is at the mercy of the Sierra Nevada range’s heavy seasonal snowstorms. — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 13 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