lake effect

See also: lake-effect

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Noun

lake effect (countable and uncountable, plural lake effects)

  1. (meteorology) An effect of large bodies of fresh water on the weather of regions downwind.
    Lake-effect storms dumped 108 inches of snow on Oswego in 48 hours.
    • 2025 November 28, Isabella Volmert, “Lake effect snow piles up in Great Lakes region, impacting Thanksgiving travel”, in U.S. News‎[1], Associated Press, retrieved 28 November 2025:
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