snowfall (snofal)

1. The falling of snow: used sometimes of a quiet fall in distinction from a snow-storm. Through the wavering snow- fall , the Saint Theodore upon one of the granite pillars of the Piazzetta did not show so grim as his wont is. Howells, Venetian Life, iii. 2. The amount of snow falling in a given time, as during one storm, day, or year. This amount is measured popularly by the depth of the snow at the close of each time of falling, and scientifically by melting the snow and measuring the depth of the water. Stations reporting the largest total snow - fall , in inches, were Blue Knob, 46; Eagles Mere, 49; Grampian Hills, Jour. Franklin Inst ., CXXIX. 2. 33.