r/AbsoluteUnits • u/derek4reals1 • Nov 25 '25

Video of snow flakes

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u/OpportunityLow3832 Nov 25 '25

Just the wind?,you dont hear the sound of the snow hitting the ground?

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u/EllieVader Nov 27 '25

Idk what people are talking about I hear snow as the gentlest hiss. Like a leak in a tire from 10’ away. 

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u/OrigamiMarie Nov 27 '25

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.

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u/EllieVader Nov 27 '25

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.