{"id":21351,"date":"2022-04-06T22:54:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T20:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.latitudeblanche.com\/?p=21351"},"modified":"2026-10-09T23:59:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T21:59:43","slug":"can-it-snow-above-freezing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.latitudeblanche.com\/en\/can-it-snow-above-freezing\/","title":{"rendered":"Can it snow above 0\u00b0C?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mreo17zt-4a4b27eb55c2aa16689a1c80068e4847\">\n.avia-section.av-mreo17zt-4a4b27eb55c2aa16689a1c80068e4847{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/www.latitudeblanche.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Neige-norvege-hiver.jpg);\nbackground-position:50% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-mreo17zt-4a4b27eb55c2aa16689a1c80068e4847 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first  avia-full-stretch avia-bg-style-scroll av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-50 av-height-50  container_wrap fullsize'  data-section-bg-repeat='stretch' data-av_minimum_height_pc='50' data-av_min_height_opt='50'><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-21351'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-21351'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_end\">\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mr9on0dp-f34ac5e0b5ad70881374e62423956fc5\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-mr9on0dp-f34ac5e0b5ad70881374e62423956fc5{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-mr9on0dp-f34ac5e0b5ad70881374e62423956fc5 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mr9on0dp-f34ac5e0b5ad70881374e62423956fc5 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-mr9on0dp-f34ac5e0b5ad70881374e62423956fc5 av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >CAN IT SNOW ABOVE 0\u00b0C?<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-6rywtlx-a830dc8afe1e5f99ee243c47b7047f62 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">It may sound paradoxical. We all learned that snow melts as soon as the temperature rises above <strong>0\u00b0C<\/strong>. And yet it is not unusual to see snowflakes falling while the thermometer reads <strong>+1 or +2\u00b0C\u2026 or even more<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">How is that possible? Is it a measurement error, or a very real weather phenomenon?<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The answer is simple: <strong>yes, it can definitely snow when it is above 0\u00b0C<\/strong>. It all depends on what is happening in the atmosphere\u2026 and on how much time the flakes have to melt.<\/p>\n<h3>Why don\u2019t snowflakes melt right away?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">You might imagine that a snowflake instantly turns into a water droplet as soon as it passes through a layer of above-freezing air. In reality, the process is much slower.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">To go from solid to liquid, ice has to absorb a significant amount of thermal energy. Physicists call this the <strong>latent heat of fusion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">This energy is gradually supplied by the surrounding air. Until the snowflake has absorbed enough heat, it keeps its ice-crystal structure and continues to fall\u2026 even if the air temperature is slightly above 0\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">In other words, crossing the 0\u00b0C mark does not mean the snow instantly disappears.<\/p>\n<h3>A question of size\u2026 and time<\/h3>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">How fast a snowflake melts depends on several factors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>Small flakes<\/strong>, which have little mass, quickly absorb heat from the air and melt within moments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>Large flakes<\/strong>, on the other hand, contain more ice and take longer to warm up. They can therefore fall through several hundred meters of mild air before melting completely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">That is why you sometimes see impressive flakes falling when the temperature on the ground reaches <strong>+1 or +2\u00b0C<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">In some very particular situations, they can even survive up to <strong>+4 or +5\u00b0C<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Daniel Goetz, a meteorological engineer and snow scientist at M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France, says he has even seen snow falling at <strong>+5\u00b0C<\/strong>, with flakes \u201cthe size of a two-euro coin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Such episodes remain rare, but they perfectly illustrate that the temperature on the ground is not enough, on its own, to tell whether precipitation will fall as rain or as snow.<\/p>\n<h3>What happens in the clouds matters just as much<\/h3>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The temperature measured two meters above the ground is only a small part of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Snowflakes form much higher up in the atmosphere, inside clouds, where temperatures are well below freezing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">On their way down to the ground, they pass through different layers of air, some cold, some milder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">If the layer of above-freezing air is relatively thin, the flakes simply don\u2019t have time to melt completely before they reach the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Conversely, if that layer is thicker or warmer, they gradually turn into rain before the end of their fall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">That is why two neighboring towns can sometimes get different precipitation at the same time: snow in one, rain in the other.<\/p>\n<h3>Wet snow: somewhere between rain and snow<\/h3>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">When snowflakes start to melt without disappearing completely, they become heavier, stickier and slightly translucent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">This is known as <strong>wet snow<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">This kind of snow is common when temperatures hover around 0\u00b0C. The flakes keep their appearance, but their water content gradually increases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">As soon as they reach the ground, they melt quickly on contact with warmer surfaces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">That is why these episodes rarely leave the landscape white for long.<\/p>\n<h3>Why does snow sometimes stick despite above-freezing temperatures?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">And yet a blanket of snow sometimes lingers while the thermometer reads <strong>+1 or +2\u00b0C<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The explanation lies in the temperature of the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">After several days of cold weather, the ground can stay frozen much longer than the air. Falling snowflakes then land on a surface that is still cold, which limits melting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The intensity of the precipitation also plays a role. When snow falls heavily, the new flakes gradually cool the layers of air near the ground and keep conditions favorable for the snow to stick.<\/p>\n<h3>A delicate balance<\/h3>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The line between rain and snow is therefore much subtler than it seems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">It depends not only on temperature, but also on humidity, wind, the thickness of the different layers of air, the size of the flakes and even the temperature of the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">It is this combination of factors that makes winter forecasting particularly tricky, even for meteorologists.<\/p>\n<p>The next time you see big flakes falling while the thermometer shows a temperature just above freezing, you\u2019ll know it isn\u2019t an anomaly. 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