<div>Thanks for the info...</div>
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<div>Given the freezing or below freezing record lows for Moscow for July/August, perhaps if there was significant precipitation at the moments of these low record temperatures, which no doubt were at night maybe early early morning, I assume that actual measurable snow in the ground might occur in July/August... I'm not sure that a "measurable" amount of snow has ever actually been recorded in July or August for Moscow, but I don't doubt your memory of snow falling in summer. Summer hail from thunderstorms is not so rare, I guess.</div>
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<div>I was wondering what the difference is between snow, hail and sleet, and the National Snow and Ice Data center referred me to USA Today information on weather. The NSIDC page on snow answers a lot of questions about snow, nonetheless. The USA Today info mentions snow flakes, snow grains, and snow pellets, as well as sleet and hail... I recall that Arctic peoples have dozens of words for different kinds of frozen precipitation:</div>
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<div><a href="http://nsidc.colorado.edu/snow/faq.html">http://nsidc.colorado.edu/snow/faq.html</a></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wds8.htm">http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wds8.htm</a></div>
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<div>Below is info on Arctic peoples words for frozen precipitation, but I guess this list is from three different languages:</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-snow-words.htm">http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-snow-words.htm</a></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.elements.nb.ca/kids/snow/snoword.htm">http://www.elements.nb.ca/kids/snow/snoword.htm</a></div>
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<div>On July 18, 1939, Moscow had a low of 27 F.:<br><br><a href="http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/daily/83843?climoMonth=7">http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/daily/83843?climoMonth=7</a><br><br><br>
18 5:13 AM 8:35 PM 84°F 49°F 66°F 103°F (1960) 27°F (1939)<br><br>-------------<br>Moscow August temperatures:<br><br><a href="http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/daily/83843?climoMonth=8">http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/daily/83843?climoMonth=8</a><br>
<br>Freezing or below freezing Moscow temperatures in August:<br><br>30 F. August 16, 1935<br>32 F. August 20, 1945<br>30 F. August 25, 1980<br>30 F. August 29, 1937<br>32 F. August 30, 1980<br>-------------------------------------------</div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/12/09, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:brentbradberry@netscape.net">brentbradberry@netscape.net</a></b> <<a href="mailto:brentbradberry@netscape.net">brentbradberry@netscape.net</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ted,<br>I recall "snow" in Moscow in July, sometime between 1965-67 (sorry my memory is not more precise). I put snow in "" "" because it appeared to melt, or sublimate, before it hit the ground. But it was definitely white precipitation. It was more or less mid-day, and well above freezing (as I recall). There has also been snow in late August, about the 30th or 31st, although I'm even less sure of the year. I do remember a brief snow shower, which actually hit the ground before melting.<br>
<br>Brent Bradberry<br></font>
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