Snow is a substance liked by many but only enjoyed by a few. Snow in Murfreesboro is dry and powdery, which is very different from the fluffy type of snow you’d find in colder states.
It could be that it’s not cold enough and that it melts quickly because of the warmer temperatures here thawing it out. Possibly, the type of snow produced isn’t formed enough to stay together for long, leading it to not stick well. Snowplows and salt may prevent snow from sticking. Even if it were cold, it would only allow the snow to stick to the ground for a while, not long term.
Moisture can be at play, since if it rains too much, the snow might not have time to stick to the ground before it is washed away or dissolved by the water on contact.
“The ground is too hot and possibly needs to get colder, like below freezing,” said Senior Madison Keel.
“The ground needs to get colder to be sticky,” said Senior Jayden Adams.
Weather factors are to blame for why snow barely sticks to the ground in TN. Though there are rare occasions where snow does stay, it only remains for a limited number of days before the elements clear it out from the land or by human intervention. The ground is the main component for why snow has trouble sticking, as many people say.
