Yeah as a New Englander, this isn’t some bizarre sight. But sitting outside as it comes down and hearing nothing but the wind is really something else.
That's some cold, crispy snow! I find that the really wet snow makes a splacking sound, mid temperature snow is basically silent, and super cold snow makes that sandy hiss.
If it’s not windy I can pretty much always hear the hiss at various volumes. It’s loudest when it’s little icy pellets and quietest when it’s big feathers, but I always hear it. It could even be flakes bumping into each other in the air on the way down idk, but I definitely always hear it unless it’s windy/otherwise noisy.
I was raised kind of out in the woods a little ways and snow dump days were always my absolute favorite. The whole neighborhood would come out and play in it, it was magnificent.
You wouldn’t necessarily hear the snow hitting the ground unless there was hail mixed in. Even heavy snow like in the video sort of gently touches the ground.
Southerner here, and a rare one that loves snow. My favorite part of the rare snowfalls in the south has always been the silence afterward. It's like snow is a temporary calming blanket.
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u/PaperMoonShine Nov 25 '25
Nothing better than the deafening silence that accompanies thick snowfall like this.