Microscopic water droplets - which would normally fall as rain - freeze due to the low temperature. They stick together to form larger flakes - which become too heavy to stay in the clouds - so they fall as snow.
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Snow forms when the temperature in the atmosphere is cold enough for water vapor to freeze into ice crystals. These ice crystals then come together to form snowflakes. If the air near the ground is also cold, the snowflakes will reach the ground as snow.
Rain, wind, hail, sleet, snow, extreme cold or hot.
It actually depends where you are in the world.Christmas is normally associated with cold and snow. However on the opposite end of the world, it is summer, so for those people Christmas is actually warm and hot.Whether the weather is cold enough for snow or you have a warm sunny Christmas depends on where you live and the seasonal changes.
snow is a white flaky type of precipitation that occurs in cold weather
The passage of a cold front can produce abrupt changes in weather conditions. Typically, it brings cooler temperatures, gusty winds, and often precipitation such as rain or snow. Sometimes thunderstorms or tornadoes can also develop along a cold front.
The temperature will get colder, and it might rain, snow, sleet, or hail.