snowpack

noun

snow·​pack ˈsnō-ˌpak How to pronounce snowpack (audio)
: a seasonal accumulation of slow-melting packed snow

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The Southern Sierra snowpack was starting to dip below normal in early January. CBS News, 10 Jan. 2025 In 2022, the opposite happened: snow levels were at 154% in early January, but ending up just below 40% of average by April 1, when snowpack typically peaks. Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025 With a decreasing winter snowpack, which leaves tree roots more vulnerable to cold, plus a new wave of forest pests that have migrated with warmer temperatures, the Northeast has unusually high levels of dead wood in its forest, experts here say. Sophie Ungerleider, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Dec. 2024 Winter Weather Advisories are posted for all of central New York once again as the next round of snow arrives overnight to provide a fresh 2-5 inches of snow on top of the lingering snowpack from the weekend. Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for snowpack 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1946, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of snowpack was circa 1946

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“Snowpack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowpack. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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