Snow Facts

Every Snowflake starts as a speck that is too small for the human eye to see.

It is never too cold to snow.

The largest piece of ice that fell on the earth was a ice block that was 6 meters (20ft) across, it fell in Scotland on the 13th of August 1849.

The largest hailstone that was recorded fell on the 14th of April 1986, it weighed about 1kg (2.25lbs) in Bangladesh.The hailstorm killed about 92 people.

On the 28th of January 1887, the largest snowflakes in the world fell in Montana, USA in Fort Keogh.

A snowstorm can drop about 40 million tons of snow, which carries the same amount as 12o atom bombs.

The most snow that was made in a snowstorm is 4.8 metres (15.75ft) , between 13 - 19 February 1959. In Mt. Shasta, Ski Bowl California USA.

For about 400 years, scientists have been studying snowflakes.

The greastest snowfall that was recorded at the Phoenix, Arizona National Weather Office. The snow was one inch. It happened twice. The first one was on the 20 January 1933. The second time it happened was four years later and also on the same date.

The tallest snowman ever made was 34.63 metres and was made by people in Bethel, Maine USA. It took 14 days to build. It was completed on the 17th of February 1999. They called it Angus. It had cars tyres for its mouth and trees for his arms.