first snow of the 2025 season in Minneapolis

[mellowtigger]

Yesterday, there was dense fog in Minneapolis. I could see almost (but not quite) a full block away. Later that afternoon, there was some rain. Overnight we got our first snow. It was light snow at my house. I got only about 2.5cm/1in deep, but I still had to go shovel the sidewalk and alleyway to move some snow-and-leaves combo that would be unpleasant if allowed to stay. They got significantly more snow farther north around Minnesota.

The temperature in Minneapolis is just slightly below freezing right now. We're expected to get -17C/1F low temperature over the weekend. Winter is here.

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[brian_bogue]

reminds me of why I left New York so long ago. Portland has snow but it normally only stays on the ground for less than a week all winter. Of course no one has the slightest idea how to drive in the snow or ice, so everything shuts down during the rare occurrence that it does snow

[mellowtigger]

Sven said this event tied for 6th-latest snowfall here in the Twin Cities. Yes, it used to be that any snowfall in November could be expected to stay until March/April. In recent years, though, it has been warm enough in December to melt snow down to bare ground again. Even here, it is wise to avoid the roads altogether during a "first snow" event on bare roads.