"I read your article about the biggest snowflakes, and was wondering what causes the difference in size of the flakes. We get 'snow pellets' here along with what a co-worker called 'cotton ball flakes ...

Anyone who has made snowflakes by cutting up folded pieces of paper, but has never actually seen them drift down from the sky, probably has a distorted view of their size. Most of them aren't that big ...

Snow showers generated by a north-northeast wind fetch over Lake Michigan give Chicagoans a frequent glimpse of larger-than-average snowflakes. Most snowflakes measure in the 0.02 inch to 0.2 inch ...

Since at least the 19th century, people have periodically claimed to see giant snowflakes falling from the sky -- big ones the size of saucers and plates, or even larger, their edges turned up, their ...

Dec. 10 (UPI) --As many children on the East Coast taste a snowflake for the first time this season, kids and parents may be curious about the fluffy crystals. Why don't they look like the ones on the ...

Snowflakes come in a myriad of shapes and sizes. As a child, you probably had the experience of making your own snowflake with a few snips of the scissors and white paper. Your particular design ...

In winter, Montana and Wyoming dish out fierce weather and fearsome beauty. Snow and cold transform the outdoors into a winter wonderland, but they also create danger, drama and dread. Here’s a look ...

How fast snowflakes fall can have important implications for the speed of climate change, according to new research. Scientists studying how snowflakes swirl towards the ground found they all fall in ...

This weekend’s storm has played out pretty much like it was forecast, with periods of intense snow and a mid-day switch Saturday that brought some sleet and wintry mix. But Mother Nature also tossed ...

Steve asks: “I read your article about the biggest snowflakes, and was wondering what causes the difference in size of the flakes. We get “snow pellets” here along with what a co-worker called “cotton ...