# Snow donuts

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-donuts/396382
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 18, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-donuts/396382 "2007-03-18T00:01:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-donuts/396382/1 "2007-03-18T00:01:15Z")

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aka snow rollers. Interesting weather phenomenon.

[Link](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003622603_donut17m.html)

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### Author: ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-donuts/396382/2 "2007-03-18T00:17:26Z")

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That’s very interesting. I’ve rolled snow like that before, so I know the type of snow that could do it. I never thought about it happening naturaly, but it makes sense. Thanks for the link.

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### Author: ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-donuts/396382/3 "2007-03-18T01:34:42Z")

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Very cool! I guess one would dunk those in a Frappaccino?

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### Author: ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2007, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-donuts/396382/4 "2007-03-18T04:20:07Z")

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Never seen one of those myself out here in Toronto. Either we need more hills or I need to go outside more.

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### Author: ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2007, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-donuts/396382/5 "2007-03-18T13:27:27Z")

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[QUOTE=Vision of Love]  
Never seen one of those myself out here in Toronto. Either we need more hills or I need to go outside more.  
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I think there’s a rock in the center so you need more rocks on the steepest hills.

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### Author: ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-donuts/396382/6 "2007-03-18T15:20:49Z")

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We had some of those here in Indiana a few years ago. It doesn’t happen here very often, and when it does, they make a big deal of it.  
Seems the temperature, humidity, wind and the type of snowfall has to be just right for the snow rollers to form.