Over a month ago, I asked in a Poll & Comment Forum: When will Whitewater see its first accumulated snowfall this season? The standard was at least one inch, and I think we’re close enough today for Saturday, December 17th to be Whitewater’s first snowfall. It’s not much snow, but it’s enough to be noticeable, and easily more than just frost. (There’s an imprecision in a poll like this that’s harmless; it’s not bridge-building or automotive engineering.)
The largest group of respondents was on the money: the first snowfall was between 12/16 and 12/31, as they predicted:
(I was way off: I’d predicted November 28th; it would have been better to stick with the sharp prediction of over 42% of respondents.)