The largest snow crystal ever measured was 10 millimetres across, discovered by Kenneth Libbrecht, who photographed the record-breaker in Ontario, Canada, in December 2003. Libbrecht is a ...

The largest, most photogenic dendritic snow crystals grow best at around 5 degrees Fahrenheit, said Libbrecht, while needle and column shapes are more common around 21 degrees Fahrenheit.

In 1988, a scientist found two identical snow crystals. They came from a storm in Wisconsin. ... The record for the biggest snowfall in a 24-hour period in the U.S. is 75.8 inches.

Snow brings beauty to our views covering our high mountains with white, and our backyards as well. The aesthetic value just viewing the reflections of many snowflake crystals on a blanket of snow ...

Snow is our largest reservoir for water — from the moment it accumulates in late fall right up until it begins to melt in the spring. Callie Pehl is a naturalist at Walking Mountains, a ...

The record for the biggest snowfall in a 24-hour period in the U.S. is 75.8 inches. In 1921, over six feet of snow fell between April 14 at 2:30 p.m. and April 15 at 2:30 p.m. in Silver Lake ...