When snow melts, what happens to the surrounding air?

Question

a. It gets cooler

b. nothing happens to the surrounding air

c. it gets warmer

Answer 1

a. It gets cooler.

This is because the air is obviously warmer, since the snow is melting. And warmth is transferred to whatever is coolest, so the heat would go to the snow, melting it. That same heat would be taken from the air, and so the air temperature at that spot would drop.

Answer 2

It warms due to the evaporative cooling that takes place as the snow releases heat.

Answer 3

The change in the temperature of the air depends on the timepoint during the process.