Snow Facts

All snowflakes are different because they are made up of snow crystals that combine in different ways.

Every snowflake began as a speck that is much too tiny to be seen by humans.

Some snowflakes are wet and sticky while others are light, dry, and fluffy.

It is never too cold to snow.

Every snowflake has 6 sides.

Snowflakes begin inside clouds.

When the temperature goes down, there is less water vapor in the air so it is harder for snowflakes to form.

There are six main snow crystal shapes - plate, stellar, column, needle, spatial dendrite, capped column - and each snowflake is made up of two of more of these snowflake building blocks.

A snowflake is made up of one or many hundreds of crystals of ice.

Scientists have been studying snowflakes for more than 400 years.

Snow is good for all living things.