Cloud with snow
Also called CLOUD WITH SNOW, U+1F328, weather emoji
Unicode character. A code point, not a station model or a forecast icon.
Weather charactersCloud with snow meaning
U+1F328 CLOUD WITH SNOW is a Unicode character. Snow and snow showers are forecast icons. The character is not either of them.
At a glance
- System
- Unicode character
- Code point
- U+1F328
- Official name
- CLOUD WITH SNOW
- Not the same as
- A forecast icon or a station-model sign
U+1F328 CLOUD WITH SNOW. Not a snow forecast, and not a snow shower.
The name. Unicode name CLOUD WITH SNOW, U+1F328. The picture on a phone is the vendor’s. The character is the code point.
Where it comes from
The pictograph chart names it CLOUD WITH SNOW. WWIS separates snow from snow showers, flurries, and heavy snow. The bare snowflake is U+2744. A forecast app draws its own snow icon, sometimes with a sun when the snow is showery. That sun is the service’s variant. It is not a second code point.
The line drawing is original to this cabinet. It is not an agency logo, a vendor icon, or the emoji for the same idea.
Weather
What it means
Use the character in text. Use the snow page when the question is what a forecast means. Sleet and freezing rain are further forecast words the character does not spell.
Variants
Vendor art
Apple, Google, and other vendors draw one code point in different colors and shapes. None of those drawings is a WMO icon, and none of them is the line art on this page.
Worth knowing
- U+1F328 is the Unicode name CLOUD WITH SNOW. Vendors may draw it as a color emoji. The character is still the code point. Source
Questions
What does the cloud-and-snow emoji mean?
As a character, it is CLOUD WITH SNOW, U+1F328. As a forecast, snow and snow showers are different icons. The emoji does not make that distinction.
Is it the same as the snowflake?
No. U+2744 is SNOWFLAKE. U+1F328 is CLOUD WITH SNOW.
Near this
- SnowA forecast icon for expected snow. Not a snow shower, not sleet, and not a snowman.
- Snow showerA forecast icon for snow that starts and stops. Not a steady snow icon.
- SnowflakeU+2744 SNOWFLAKE, a dingbat. Not a snow forecast, and not a snow shower.
- SleetA forecast icon publishers label sleet. Not snow, not freezing rain, and not one universal mixture.
Sources
Named when the entry depends on a text, a date, or a standard. Catalog numbers are not invented.
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symbol.wiki, edited as Sigilla. Last reviewed 18 October 2026. A reading of public tradition, not a ruling.