Du'ers from cold states, can you SMELL snow in the air when snow is approaching?

[raccoon]

Reason I asked is in a Hannah Swenson mystery she said her grandma could.

[stray cat]

1. I would say yes - not fool prove but there is a feel to the air beyond cold and a scent

[CBR]

2. My Dad always says he can smell snow in the air. nt

[nuxvomica]

3. Definitely

It's a clean, ozoney smell with a sight metallic hint to it.

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Ah! I am not crazy after all! I think it smells/tastes metallic too.

[TZ]

4. I'm not in a traditional snow state (Maryland)

but yes, I believe so. I have.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Yes, I can actually. Hard to describe, though. It's almost metallic to me. Weird, huh?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

7. Yes, I can tell when it's going to snow

but I don't know how I know.

[grasswire]

8. I don't know if it's an actual smell..

...as much as it is a sense. I can tell by the light in the sky and at the horizon.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. I think so, it's a kind of sharpness...

Though I can't smell much right now, I have a sinus infection. :-(

[kwassa]

10. there is a look to the sky, too ...

and I can't define that, either. It is the way the clouds and the light work together.

[Posteritatis]

17. Yeah, this is the sign more than anything else to me

There's colors in the sky here that only show up in winter when we're about to have weather.

[TZ]

18. If you see a kind of ring around the moon

I think its ice crystals in the air and its usually a sign that some kind of wintry weather is coming soon...

[kwassa]

11. dupe

[Brickbat]

12. Definitely. And I can usually tell what kind of snow it's going to be, too, by how the air smells.

A heavy, wet snow smells different than a sharp, gritty snow. Winter is as rich and varied as the other seasons -- if you live in a place that has four of them.

[rurallib]

13. yes - but not nearly as distinctive as rain

for me the sky is more of a tipoff.

[LynzM]

14. Yep.

Like somebody said above, it's not fool-proof, but snow definitely has a smell. :)

[madrchsod]

15. yes..

[geardaddy]

16. Ya...

you betcha...

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. Yes, indeed. I can also smell and sense rain before it comes.

[sarge43]

20. Yes

Smells very faintly like coal cinders -- rather tangy and metallic.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

21. Yup........

rain and snow.

[Gormy Cuss]

22. We called it that, but it's not really "smelling" snow but sensing the change in the humidity.

It's one of those marvelous little cues from nature.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

23. Yes, but it's more of a feel than a smell.

A feel that gets up your nose. :D

[LisaM]

24. Yes, I think so

I call my nose the "snow sniffer" when I can.

[Blue_In_AK]

25. I can't really smell it,

but I can feel it.

[old mark]

26. Yes, especially if you are away from a city. You can smell rain, too, even in

the south.

mark

[hayu_lol]

27. Yes...and there is a 'feeling' to the air that helps to tell you...

that a weather change is coming. Our skin is sensitive to pressure/temp. changes.

[Mike_03]

28. I can definitely smell rain coming, but have never been able

to smell snow coming in.

Interesting question.

[Ikonoklast]

29. Every time. Very distinctive smell.

And when there is a drop in the air pressure before a rain, I can feel it in my knees.

[Midlodemocrat]

30. Honestly? Yes, I can.

Grew up in CT and could smell it. Now here in VA, we're getting ready to get socked with about 2 feet. I can smell it in the air.

Weird. I know. But I've never been wrong.