# So, what's the poop on snow and the 20 degree mark? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 25, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-poop-on-snow-and-the-20-degree-mark/150753 "2003-01-25T00:09:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-poop-on-snow-and-the-20-degree-mark/150753/1 "2003-01-25T00:09:30Z")
I have only just moved to a place where it seems to snow somewhat irregularly. However, people keep telling me that it doesn’t snow at all after it gets under 20 degrees? This just sounds wacky to me. So what’s the poop? ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-poop-on-snow-and-the-20-degree-mark/150753/2 "2003-01-25T00:14:46Z")
That IS all poop. Seriously, I think Cecil just had a headline thread (thread on the homepage, for lack of a better term) about it being too cold to snow (or so it seems). - JInx ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-poop-on-snow-and-the-20-degree-mark/150753/3 "2003-01-25T00:15:50Z")
Don’t eat brown snow. 😃 It’s true that it tends not to snow when it’s really cold. That’s almost 36 years of living in Wisconsin talking. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-poop-on-snow-and-the-20-degree-mark/150753/4 "2003-01-25T00:18:24Z")
[http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/msnow2cold.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/msnow2cold.html) ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-poop-on-snow-and-the-20-degree-mark/150753/5 "2003-01-25T00:20:36Z")
A [Staff Report](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/msnow2cold.html) from **bibliophage**. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-poop-on-snow-and-the-20-degree-mark/150753/6 "2003-01-25T01:06:51Z")
It’s currently +11F (and dropping) and snowing. ---
**Author:** ![Ravi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Ravi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravi)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-poop-on-snow-and-the-20-degree-mark/150753/7 "2003-01-25T01:19:21Z")
I live in Rockford Illinois, northwest of Chicago. It’s been -25 degrees and snowing so hard you couldn’t drive your car. So much for temperture and snowfall. rande… ---
**Author:** ![Ravi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Ravi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravi)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-poop-on-snow-and-the-20-degree-mark/150753/8 "2003-01-25T01:21:21Z")
temperature… sorry for the spelling ---
**Author:** ![jbird3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@jbird3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jbird3000)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-poop-on-snow-and-the-20-degree-mark/150753/9 "2003-01-25T04:10:38Z")
I’ve never seen it snow **above** 20 degrees… Celcius. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hermann\_Cheruscan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b782af/32.png) [@Hermann\_Cheruscan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermann_Cheruscan)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-poop-on-snow-and-the-20-degree-mark/150753/10 "2003-01-25T04:29:47Z")
I haven’t seen any snow in 20 years, but as a kid growing up in Ohio, I seem to recall that the best snow was in the 30 degree area. This would produce big, wet snowflakes that would stick to the ground and was perfect for snowballs and snowmen. Now, when it got colder, like 10 degrees, the snowflakes were way smaller. The snow was also “dryer” , so snowballs wouldn’t stick together.