In the passage “Snow” it states that “Each flake was different, Sister Zoe had said, like a person, irreplaceable and beautiful” which obviously states that it was winter and snowing where they were at. In the passage “Skate” it is talking about ice skating, which it has to be cold in that particular area.

Yolanda thought the snow was a bomb, because in her country she has never heard of such thing as snow. She says “Bomb! Bomb!” And Sister Zoe laughed and said “ Why Yolanda dear, that's snow!” Yolanda is not from America and does not have snow where she is from.

In the passage “An American Childhood” it states “She was turning on ice skates” which means it is cold and it is also cold in the passage “Snow”. It also says