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IT IS INTERESTING TO KNOW
Is Snow Frozen Rain?
Hail or sleet is frozen rain,
but snow is never formed as a
frozen raindrop. Snow forms from
ice crystals high above the earth.
These dropfuls change directly into
snow without first becoming rain.
At the height that snow
usually forms, the temperature is
from 20 to 60 degrees below zero,
far too cold for water to exist as a
liquid.

CAN IT EVER BE TOO COLD TO NOW?

You may have heard someone say, "It's too cold to snow today," but ac-
tually it can never be too cold to snow. Snow clouds form high in the air,
where the temperatures are colder than it almost ever gets here in the
United States. Two-inch snowstorms have fallen when the ground
temperature was colder than 20 degrees below zero.

Вut there is a grain of truth in the idea that
very cold weather and snow don't go
together. When the air is very cold, it's
usually very dry as well. So it can be too
cold to snow heavily, but never too cold to
snow.
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