Since I moved here (1999), I've seen snow as early as Halloween. Three years ago, we had a good size storm on my brother's birthday (November 17th)... I remember it because of the shoveling. Half his birthdays since we've come here it seems there's been flurries, at least.
This past year it seemed like we got slammed, but we didn't get much snow in December.
Personally, I've never seen a good predictor for bad winters one way or another.
Early for snow? Actually...
Since I moved here (1999), I've seen snow as early as Halloween. Three years ago, we had a good size storm on my brother's birthday (November 17th)... I remember it because of the shoveling. Half his birthdays since we've come here it seems there's been flurries, at least.
This past year it seemed like we got slammed, but we didn't get much snow in December.
Personally, I've never seen a good predictor for bad winters one way or another.