Water content in snow does vary greatly, depending on air temperature for the most part. Where I lived in MT, during frigid weather, it was often one inch of water for every foot of snow.Skans » 05 Jul 2023, 1:29 pm » wrote: ↑ Not to mention that when ice melts it takes up only 90% of the volume as water, at most. If its snow, then its more like 60%.