1 inch of snow equals how much water?

Question

when 1 inch of snow melts how many inches of water is there

Answer 1

all i know is that 1 inch of rain = 10 inches of snow

Answer 2

It depends on the type of snow and this is determined by where you are, the intensity of the snow fall, wind, and temperatures.

Contrary to the popular beleif that 10 inches of snow equals one inch of water it's anywhere between 3 and 8 inches of snow to one inch of water.

One inch of light, fluffy snow would melt down to about 0.125 inches of water (one eighth of an inch) but the heavier more compact snow would produce about 0.333 of an inch of water (one third of an inch).

You could do a rough experiment yourself by filling a glass jar, bucket or similar receptacle with snow (taking care not to compact the snow whilst filling). Measure the depth of the snow then once it's melted measure the depth of the water. A quicker way would be to weigh the snow - water weighs one gram per cubic centimeter, if you know the volume and mass (weight) of the snow you can work out it's density (how much water it contains).

Answer 3

the common measurement is 1 inch of rain for 10 inches of snow but it really depends on the temperature. The colder the temperature the higher the ratio for snow. For example the Dec 1 snow storm in chicago was a classic 1inch of rain and 10 inches of snow with a temp of 32 degrees. 2 weeks ago the temperature was in the upper teens and the ration was 1 inch of rain would get 40 inches of snow because of the improved crystalisation of the snow

Answer 4

Depends on how packed the snow is. Usually, for ordinary light new snow, its about 10 inches of snow for 1 inch of liquid.

Answer 5

The standard answer is that 1 inch of snow equals 0.1 inch of water. However, it depends on the snow. Some snow is very dry and fluffy; some snow is very heavy and wet. The wet snow is equivalent to more water and the dry snow is equivalent to less.

Answer 6

if 10'' to 12'' of snow iquals 1''of water then 1'' of snow will melt to 1tenth of an inch

Answer 7

It depends on several factors such as flake structure, and density, but 10 or 11 inches is a good average of snow to 1 inch of rain.
That would mean that you will get about 0.1 inches of water per inch of snow.
bonus tid-bit; 1 inch of rain is about 25,000 gallons per acre.

Answer 8

On average, 1 inch of snow =s one tenth (.10) inch of rain. But snow can be "drier" or "wetter" -depending on the nature of the storm.

Answer 9

about 10 inches of rain, but it depends on the wetness or dryness of the snow. Dryer snow will typically acumulate to around 10 inches but wetter snow may be a little less

Answer 10

generally a million inch of snow is equivlent to .09 inches of rain if its the sunshine powdery snow, despite the fact that this is tough to verify becuase some snow is wetter than others and a few is dryer and a few sticks quicker. generally in accordance to temperature each in specific situations coastal impact besides and additionally you cant count kind the snow drifts or aspects close to manmade warmth or bushes. this is impossible to virtually comprehend with out melting it. If the air is dry their could be little or no moisture in the snow.