20 Facts About Snowflakes
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1.
Snow makes people crave sweets.
People tend to stock up on cakes, cookies, and other sweet treats before a blizzard.
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Montana is home to the world's largest snowflake.
The snowflake was 38 centimeters wide and 20 centimeters thick. The lucky town was Fort Keogh, Montana, and the year was 1887.
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There is a man known as the snowflake man.
An American photographer named Wilson A Bentley photographed thousands of snowflakes. Most of his work has been preserved and is held by the Jericho Historical Society.
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The town to receive the snow in 24 hours was Silver Lake, Colorado.
Silver Lake received 76 inches in 24 hours in the 1920s.
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Washington state received a ton of the snow in the 1980s.
Mount Baker received a whopping 1,140 inches of snow in the winter of 1988-1989.
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Snowflakes are 95% air.
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A snowflake weighs one to three milligrams.
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Light snow is referred to as powder.
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Sleet is very fine ice granules.
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Flurries are very light snow falling.
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Most snowflakes aren't perfectly symmetrical.
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Japan has developed a snow eating robot.
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Snowflakes come in the following shapes: needles, columns, flat plates, stars, dendrites and combinations.
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If you have a fear of snow, it is called chionophobia.
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Ten inches of snow is equivalent to melted water.
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The average snowflake falls at three to four miles per hour.
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One snowflake is made up of 180 billion molecules of water.
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About 80% of the world's freshwater supply comes from snow and ice.
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The temperature must be below 32 degrees in order for it to snow.
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Snow has no color.
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Snowflakes can be classified into six main types
flat, column, stars, dendrite (lacy, needle, and capped column.
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Snowflakes always have six sides.
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