Snow is a change of scenery. It’s like nature’s costume party. Everything looks so different and magical when it’s covered in snow. During the dark, gray, dirty days of winter with bare trees and dead grass, a blanket of snow covering the landscape is a bright, refreshing respite.

Take this with a grain of salt, but a 2010 poll from candy maker Nestle asked 1,000 people about their feelings about snow. Men actually like shoveling snow, the survey said. Women like making snowmen. We all grow tired of it as we get older, according to the survey.

Snow, the Huffington Post says, gives off “relaxing vibes,” and “even in our most stressful moments, a fresh snowfall maintains an almost supernatural power to calm us down — mind, body and soul.” Sure it does. Snow links us to childhood memories.

Snow days offer the opportunity to just let things go and enjoy the present. When the weather outside is frightful, being home, safe, with the ones I love is absolutely delightful. I often find myself looking forward to winter because I look forward to these snow days.

Snow is just SO beautiful: it covers everything like a fluffy white blanket and makes for a picturesque panorama. Snow is also better than rain because you won’t get as soaked, and you can actually do activities in it, like skiing or throwing snowballs.

One major benefit of a good snow cover is snow functions as an excellent insulator of the soil. Without snow, milder temperatures and the sun could warm the soil surface, leading to damage from soil heaving, which can break roots and dry out plant parts. Snow also helps conserve soil moisture over the winter.

Extreme winter weather can make conditions more than just cold and slippery. When snow and ice accumulate, it can become heavy and cause building damage or water damage. Older buildings have a greater risk of corrosion, which can weaken its structural integrity. …

Here are the signs of a hard winter to come according to folklore:

• Thicker-Than-Normal Onions or Corn Husks.
• Woodpeckers Sharing a Tree.
• The Early Arrival of the Snowy Owl.
• The Early Departure of Geese and Ducks.
• The Early Migration of the Monarch Butterfly.
• Thick Hair on the Nape of a Cow’s Neck.

Snow In The Scriptures (Isaiah 1:18) “Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.

Throwing First Snow Over Your Head Guarantees Health “Take a shovelful of the first snow and throw it over your head, and you will not be cold all winter,” the record says. Apparently having snow fall on your head from a pine tree is also meant to be good luck. Unless you don’t like having pneumonia.

Snow helps insulate the ground below, holding in heat and preventing moisture from evaporating into the atmosphere. Even on top of other frozen material, such as permafrost and river ice or sea ice, snow cover prevents ice from forming as quickly.

Outside too long = frostbite and/or being dripping wet. Ice really hurts if that is what hits you in the face. Bad TV reception.

Cloud seeding—sowing clouds with small particles to make them rain or snow—has a reputation as dodgy as the weather. Now, researchers flying two small planes through a bank of clouds in Idaho have shown, for the first time outside the lab, that humans can artificially turbocharge snowfall.

Ice is colder. They’re both made of frozen water, but ice is a solid sheet, whereas snow is a complex lattice. a cubic foot of snow has more air in it than a cubic foot of ice. Snow is also an insulator, trapping heat within those little air pockets.

Glaciers usually take years to form. You can re-create this by making a snowball out of fresh snow. If you continue to squeeze the snowball in your hands, you will squeeze much of the air in between the snowflakes out, creating a hard, mostly icy snowball.