First Snowcover

It began snowing again yesterday (2008 October 28). When we woke up this morning, the ground was covered in about 1 cm of snow. This marks the first day of the winter of 2008-2009 with snow cover.

First snow: 2008 October 21
First snow accumulation: 2008 October 29 (01 centimeter)

Through A.D. 2008 November 04:

Days with snow cover: 02
Days with complete snow cover: 00
Total snowfall: 001 centimeter
Maximum snow depth: 01 centimeter
Greatest snow event: 01 centimeter

P.S. Through 2008 October 29, it has already snowed on four separate days. That's the most snowfalls we have had in October since I moved to New York in 2004.

First Snow

We received our first snow of the season on A.D. 2008 October 21. Though nothing accumulated, it snowed off and on for two days.

End of the Growing Season

This was the scene at my house this morning. 2008 October 07 brought the first hard frost of autumn and an end to the 2008 growing season. The temperature at my house was 28° Fahrenheit (-2° Celsius). The statistics for the growing season of 2008 are as follows:

Last hard frost of spring: 2008 May 05

Last light frost of spring: 2008 May 28

First light frost of autumn: 2008 September 19

First hard frost of autumn: 2008 October 07

Length of the 2008 growing season: 154 days

The statistics for the growing season of 2007 were:

Last hard frost of spring: 2007 May 14

Last light frost of spring: 2007 May 22

First light frost of autumn: 2007 September 17

First hard frost of autumn: 2007 October 29

Length of the 2008 growing season: 167 days

The statistics for the growing season of 2006 were:

Last hard frost of spring: 2006 May 07

Last light frost of spring: 2006 May 07

First light frost of autumn: 2006 September 29

First hard frost of autumn: 2006 October 06

Length of the 2008 growing season: 151 days

I'm not sure of the spring statistics for 2005 because my wife and I lived in western New York for a brief period of time. The autumn statistics were as follows:

First light frost of autumn: 2005 October 20

First hard frost of autumn: 2005 October 28