A question about snow showers....?

Question

I've always heard the temperature had to be certain degree for it to snow.. Is this true, and what temperature does it have to be?

Answer 1

It can snow in the middle 40s if the conditions are just right but ofcorse it won't stick. I have seen it snow here at 44F but it was just a few flurries.

Answer 2

An amazing fact of physics is that a water droplet, as found in the clouds, can be cooled down to minus 20 degrees centigrade before it freezes. In order to go from liquid to solid, water has to dissipate heat. But water droplets have an extremely little mass. It has to come in contact with dust, sand corn, or any pollution, to freeze. Once done, other droplets coming in contact with the first one will also freeze and after a while, fall down as snow.
The fact that water doesn't freeze easily by itself is the reason flying small aircraft in the clouds below freezing point is very dangerous if one doesn't have de-icing device on the leading edge of the wings and propeller.

Answer 3

yes it has to be a certain degree, here in alaska, average temp for snow is around/between 20 to 30. something like that

Answer 4

It has to be at freexzing point/below freezing point in the clouds so that the rain turns to snow. For it to stay as snow as it comes through the clouds it will have to be at freezing point/below freezing point on the ground and in the air

Answer 5

0 degrees

Answer 6

3C/38F is the cut-off point for snow. It it's above that temperature it can't snow. If it's below it can snow.

Answer 7

this is a complicated question. i depends on the temperature between the cloud it falls from and the ground. i found this web site to help you. it has a few helpful diagrams too.

Answer 8

yes that is true.
it needs to be around 0 so like 0 to+3 or 0 - -3

Answer 9

32 degrees or lower...