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How do you convert snow into rainfall amounts?

Since precipitation is generally measured in inches of liquid water and not in snowfall amounts, snow is usually converted into inches of water by dividing by 10. Thus, ten inches of snow is equivalent to one inch of rain.

Light and loose snow takes more than 10 inches to make an inch of water but dense and slushy snow takes less.

 

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