Up to six inches of snow was reported in areas including Bath, Frome, Midsomer Norton and the Medips.
Bath and North East Somerset (Banes) Council said it had been caught unaware because no snow was forecast.
Buses and trains were suspended, while Wiltshire police confirmed that several vehicles had become stuck in snow near Bradford-on-Avon.
The snowfall was England's fifth in nine days amid an early winter - after snow in the East last Saturday, in the West on Thursday and the North on Friday and Saturday
Tomorrow will be the coldest Bonfire Night since daily records began 14 years ago
See entire article from Daily Mail.
See also BBC report.
Thanks to Emma Corry, Aubrey Smyth and Dean Koehler for these links
"This morning I drove into heavy snow which quickly settled and I was stuck on a hill for an hour and a half,"says Emma. "It was totally unexpected."
What does Al Gore have to say about this? Or does he only have to say things about 'Murica?