# First snow of the winter! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 27, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-winter/735902 "2015-10-27T20:38:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-winter/735902/21 "2015-10-28T15:16:26Z")
Sunday was the first freeze here. All the window condensation on my car froze up. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-winter/735902/22 "2015-10-28T15:52:35Z")
On the afternoon a couple weeks ago that the first frost was predicted, I was out picking our last beans and there were flurries or maybe ice pellets, but nothing since. On average we get our snowfall between Nov. 10 and 20. It melts, but once it snows in Dec., that piles up and doesn’t all melt until the end of April, sometimes mid-May. Ugh! ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-winter/735902/23 "2015-10-28T16:30:22Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Just little flakes, probably melt as soon as they hit the ground, but, SNOW! Wait, didn’t you get any in September like we did in Calgary? Oh, I see. You said first snow of the **winter**. I guess that September snow was the first snow of the fall for us. Or maybe late summer. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-winter/735902/24 "2015-10-28T18:58:40Z")
September snow? That sounds so absurd as to be unbelievable. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-winter/735902/25 "2015-10-28T19:23:17Z")
If they can invent a snow that doesn’t stick to roads, driveways, and sidewalks, I’m all for it! I like winter, I just don’t like driving in it or slipping around on icy sidewalks. Our mountains got snow the last two nights, but nothing on the plains as of yet. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-winter/735902/26 "2015-10-28T19:31:34Z")
And to think that I was sad because it dropped down into the high 40’s overnight here a couple of times lately! ---
**Author:** ![NeonMadman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-winter/735902/27 "2015-10-28T20:32:48Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > It is, in moderation. Beautiful moonlit nights, fresh white blanket of snow, boots crunching as people walk along. > > It’s when we still have it May that I get a bit twitchy. Six inches on Christmas Eve is very nice. But it should melt by New Year’s Day and stay away till next Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-winter/735902/28 "2015-10-28T22:45:20Z")
I was in Boston on the 18th. They had flurries for a few minutes near dusk. Heard the next day that areas in upstate NY just downwind of Lake Ontario had 9" of snow. I’d been in Boston 4 days earlier and gone walking in a park in a T-short & shorts. Winter falls quickly up in tundra country. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-winter/735902/29 "2015-10-28T23:38:30Z")
Courtesy of snowmaking, Killington was open on the 18 October (that’s a Vermont skis area for you folks who don’t get winter), but their down again. Courtesy of snowmaking and loving Gaia, Loveland (that’s a Colorado ski area for you folks who don’t get winter) will open tomorrow (or if you don’t read this until tomorrow, will be open today), 29 October. Let the good times ski! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-winter/735902/30 "2015-10-29T00:37:15Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > … Let the good times ski! But how do you float the tow boat when there’s no liquid water around? And the bikini girls get all shivery. Skiing on thoroughly liquid water is muuuch nicer. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-winter/735902/31 "2015-10-29T01:56:01Z")
> [@bump](#): > > September snow? That sounds so absurd as to be unbelievable. Where I live, I have seen snow in every month but July. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-winter/735902/32 "2015-10-29T02:29:20Z")
I’ve seen it in July on the top of Superior. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-winter/735902/33 "2015-10-29T04:12:01Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > But how do you float the tow boat when there’s no liquid water around? > > And the bikini girls get all shivery. > > Skiing on thoroughly liquid water is muuuch nicer. [We wear moustaches so that no one gets cold.](https://vimeo.com/143950893) ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-winter/735902/34 "2015-10-29T18:03:07Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Where I live, I have seen snow in every month but July. Where is that? Svalbard? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-winter/735902/35 "2015-10-29T18:06:50Z")
We got some flurries yesterday. All gone today. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-winter/735902/36 "2015-10-29T18:09:56Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Where is that? Svalbard? Beautiful sunny Saskatchewan, due north of North Dakota (and Texas!) ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-winter/735902/37 "2015-10-29T18:40:10Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Courtesy of snowmaking, Killington was open on the 18 October (that’s a Vermont skis area for you folks who don’t get winter), but their down again. > > Courtesy of snowmaking and loving Gaia, Loveland (that’s a Colorado ski area for you folks who don’t get winter) will open tomorrow (or if you don’t read this until tomorrow, will be open today), 29 October. > > Let the good times ski! A-Basin opened today, too. The excitement is palpable. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-winter/735902/38 "2015-10-29T19:04:17Z")
Bring it on. The more, the better. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-winter/735902/39 "2015-10-29T21:20:51Z")
Woke up to half an inch of snow this morning. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-winter/735902/40 "2015-10-30T06:22:30Z")
I saw some Halloween lights today, and it made me wish for Christmas lights and snow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-winter/735902.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-winter/735902.md?page=3)