Winter precipitation is quite low, making snowfall both rare and short-lived.

There had been a rare snowfall in Florence.

On the day before the game, a rare, heavy late November snowfall blanketed the field.

This tree is unusual as it grows in cooler regions, subject to frost and rare snowfall.

But the weather delighted many Californians, bringing some out to videotape the rare snowfall.

Most of the precipitation would have come in the late spring to early summer, with the rare snowfall in the winter.

The comptroller's report was released as a rare snowfall began blanketing the Holy City in an otherworldly quiet.

The winter low temperatures can get cold enough for frost, with rare snowfall seen on the local foothills.

The rare early-season snowfall was not about to stop life in the Bronx.

New Orleans had received a rare substantial snowfall the previous day, and snow lay in large banks around the edges of the field.