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===Americas=== Within the United States, thundersnow is relatively rare but most common in "eastern [[Nevada]] and [[Utah]], the [[Great Plains|central plains]], and the [[Great Lakes region|Great Lake]] {{sic}} states".<ref>{{Cite journal |title=A Climatology of Thundersnow Events over the Contiguous United States |url=https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/wefo/17/6/1520-0434_2002_017_1290_acoteo_2_0_co_2.xml |journal=[[Weather and Forecasting]] |publisher=[[American Meteorological Society]] |date=1 December 2002 |first1=Patrick S. |last1=Market |first2=Chris E. |last2=Halcomb |first3=Rebecca L. |last3=Ebert |volume=17 |issue=6 |page=1290 |doi=10.1175/1520-0434(2002)017<1290:ACOTEO>2.0.CO;2 |doi-access= |bibcode=2002WtFor..17.1290M |access-date=21 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506065905/https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/wefo/17/6/1520-0434_2002_017_1290_acoteo_2_0_co_2.xml |archive-date=6 May 2023 |url-status=live|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Thundersnow also occurs in [[Nova Scotia]] and in the [[Northeastern United States]], especially in [[New England]] and [[New York (state)|New York]], sometimes several times per winter season.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}} On December 30, 2019, a [[severe thunderstorm warning]] was issued for parts of [[Massachusetts]] for a thunderstorm cell that was producing "lightning, thundersnow, thundersleet, and thunderice".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.masslive.com/weather/2019/12/thundersnow-hail-and-lightning-reported-during-ice-storm-thunderstorm-warning-issued-in-parts-of-mass.html|title=Thundersnow, hail and lightning reported during ice storm; thunderstorm warning issued for parts of Mass.|date=30 December 2019|access-date=5 December 2020|archive-date=31 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231005039/https://www.masslive.com/weather/2019/12/thundersnow-hail-and-lightning-reported-during-ice-storm-thunderstorm-warning-issued-in-parts-of-mass.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A "really rare" thundersnow storm occurred near [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]] on December 17–18, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vancouver sky lit up by really rare 'thunder snow' |first=Irish Mae |last=Silvestre |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/thunder-snow-vancouver |access-date=21 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103085014/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/thunder-snow-vancouver |archive-date=3 January 2023 |url-status=live |website=[[Daily Hive]] |language=en}}</ref> The [[South Region, Brazil|South Region]] of [[Brazil]] registered episodes of thundersnow in 1984 and 2005, in the state of [[Santa Catarina (state)|Santa Catarina]], and in August 2011, in some municipalities of the highland region of [[Serra Gaúcha]], in the southern state of [[Rio Grande do Sul]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Estado registra episódio inédito de neve com trovoadas (Rio Grande do Sul registered an unprecedented episode of thundersnow)|url=https://www.correiodopovo.com.br/notícias/geral/estado-registra-episódio-inédito-de-neve-com-trovoadas-1.68858|publisher=[[Correio do Povo]]|date=4 August 2011|access-date=16 August 2019|language=pt-br|archive-date=16 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816180507/https://www.correiodopovo.com.br/not%C3%ADcias/geral/estado-registra-epis%C3%B3dio-in%C3%A9dito-de-neve-com-trovoadas-1.68858|url-status=live}}</ref>
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