Snow In Ooty Site

But when you see the entire Nilgiri slope turning white with frost at sunrise, you won't care about the difference between hail and snow. You'll just know you're in one of the most beautiful places on earth.

But here is the science: Snow falls as soft, crystalline flakes. In Ooty, when it gets cold, the moisture in the clouds freezes instantly upon touching the ground or trees. That is (if it’s hard pellets) or Hoar Frost (the fluffy white stuff on leaves). snow in ooty

The short answer is No. Not really. The long answer is complicated. Ooty has never recorded a proper, settled snowfall (the kind where you make snow angels or build a snowman) in recorded history. Unlike its Himalayan cousins (Shimla, Manali, or Gulmarg), Ooty is in the Western Ghats—a different mountain range altogether. But when you see the entire Nilgiri slope