What is snow? Snow is when it is below freezing and the water that falls from the clouds freezes up. Snow is when you wake up and your mother forces you to shovel the driveway. Snow is the thing that you see little kids playing in, laughing and smiling. Snow is what makes your fingers tingle after you come inside after a cold day, drinking hot chocolate around the fire with your family and your cat. So what is Snowfall? Snowfall (n) is the fall of snow. Snowfall (n) is the quantity of snow falling within a given area at a given time. Snowfall is the reason that Josie and Hunter are stuck together, in a cafe alone, this close to strangling each other.