text: how come there is never thunder or lightning during a snow storm?   it does happen.  but remember that most thunderstorms come from pockets of warm air meeting pockets of cold air.  so it's probably a little harder to attain a thunderstorm when it's cold enough to snow.  i'll go check my facts and edit this msg if i'm wrong.  --- edit: wikipedia has a whole article on this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/thundersnow  thundersnow.  i like the term.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/thunderstorm