The world DOES receive more rain than snow.
rain is more common than rain
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No, in fact many places in the 'Lower 48' get more snow than Alaska.
Most of Alaska gets much more snow than most of Antarctica.
Rain falls much faster than snow. Snow has much more air resistance than raindrops.
No Hawaii gets more rain.
Snow may be more hazardous in most cases when it is falling and unlike rain, snow sticks to the road and requires crews of hard workers to remove it. However, when there is torrential rain, traveling may be more hazardous than a moderate snowfall. Rain will not have a long-term impact on an area while snow may take a while to clean up.
Because iowa is a rural place and alaska is just snow 24/7
Snow falls slower than rain because of the shape of a snowflake. Flakes are spread out and meet more air resistance than drops do. The air ends up slowing down the snow.
This will depend on how cold it is, but on average 10 inches of snow = 1 inch of rain, so 0.15 inches of rain = 1.5 inches of snow. It could be less than in inch of wet snow, or more than 2 inches of powder, however.
Snow is frozen rain, which means the colder it is, the more likely it is to snow! This is why rain melts snow, as it is warmer. Snow is just rain, but a bit colder, so it's frozen. If it's very cold, below 0 degrees Celsius, and it doesn't rain but the clouds go dark, it is more likely to snow heavily and thickly, than to rain.Hope that helped you!