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Almost 8 inches of early snow hits Chechnya, Russia


Vestnik Kavkaza
Sat, 02 Nov 2019 12:05 UTC
People walk in a park during snowfall in downtown Grozny, the capital of Chechnya
© Musa SadulayevPeople walk in a park during snowfall in downtown Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019.
Snowfall - the first in four years - has been going on in Chechnya for 24 hours, the Republican Hydrometeorological Center reports.

"The last time snow in November was in Chechnya 4 years ago. A sharp cooling is due to the cyclone that has reached the south and the European part of Russia," the department reports, noting that the snow cover reaches 20 cm.

According to weather forecasts, snowfall will last for a day, till November 3, then warming is expected, RIA Novosti reports.

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Best of the Web: Record low temps across much of U.S. threaten to wreck the rest of harvest season

Michael Snyder
End Of The American Dream
Thu, 31 Oct 2019 13:57 UTC
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It isn't supposed to be this cold in October. The official start of winter is still almost two months away, and yet the weather in much of the western half of the country right now resembles what we might expect in mid-January. All-time record lows for the month of October are being set in city after city, and this extremely cold air is going to push into the Midwest by the end of the week. Temperatures in the heartland will be up to 50 degrees below normal, and unfortunately about half of all corn still has not been harvested.

Due to unprecedented rainfall and extreme flooding early in the year, many farmers faced extraordinary delays in getting their crops planted, and so they were hoping that good weather at the end of the season would provide time for the crops to fully mature and be harvested. Unfortunately, a nightmare scenario has materialized instead. A couple of monster snow storms have already roared through the Midwest, and now record low temperatures threaten to absolutely wreck the rest of the harvest season.
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"Winterlike" storm breaks 100 year cold and snow records over US Mid West

Maura Kelly
AccuWeather
Fri, 01 Nov 2019 18:37 UTC
Mukwonago
© ABC News OneIn Mukwonago, Wisconsin, the early snowfall caused issues for drivers on the roads.
In Mukwonago, a suburb of Milwaukee, Halloween looked more like mid-winter on Thursday, and many residents struggled to get through the day.

An intensifying winterlike storm dumped disruptive snowfall across parts of the Midwest on Halloween -- and many cities smashed record snowfall amounts for the holiday. The late-month storm pushed October totals to rank among the top five snowiest on record in many locations.

The heaviest snow, up to 6 to 9 inches, buried communities from southern Wisconsin to northern parts of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Hundreds of flights were delayed and canceled across the region on Thursday, and roadway conditions deteriorated as the afternoon hours wore on and snowfall rates increased.
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Snowy October in the Rockies with well above average snow falls - up to 1.2 metres (almost 4 feet)


Mountain Watch
Fri, 01 Nov 2019 20:04 UTC
Brighton, Utah two days ago.
Brighton, Utah two days ago on Oct 30th
It has been a good month for early season snow falls in the Rocky Mountains with resorts in Colorado, Utah and Alberta, Canada reporting snow totals up to 1.2 metres thanks to regular storms over the past few weeks.

The month finished with a bang with solid snow falls and cold temps combining to produce quality mid-winter powder over the past few days. However, with only a handful of resorts open, keen skiers were heading into the backcountry to enjoy it, but early season avalanche danger was a risk.

Two storms moved through earlier this week with Montana seeing the most snow, Bridger Bowl receiving 35.5cms on Tuesday night. Big Sky didn't miss out with another 28cms this week, taking the October total to 129.5cms, the resort's third snowiest October in 20 years.

In Utah, the resorts around Little Cottonwood Canyon enjoyed over 30cms in the past three days and Brighton and Alta are looking more like mid-January, with both scheduled to open on November 23.

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Early snowfall puts harvest on hold for Tri-State farmers

Kara Biernat
wgem.com
Thu, 31 Oct 2019 18:20 UTC
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Tri-State farmers are taking another hit.

Farmers said the recent wet weather already makes for a tough harvest and Thursday's early snowfall is not making things any easier.

Soybean fields covered in snow are something farmers said they never expect to see in October. This is just the latest blow to area farmers, as they said it has already been a very difficult year.

They said at this point, they're just trying to finish up and move onto next year.
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First snow falls on Sljeme in Croatia


Croatia Week
Thu, 31 Oct 2019 20:40 UTC
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© Skijalište Sljeme
After above average temperatures for most of October in the Croatian capital Zagreb, and an October record recorded on Sljeme, there has been a big drop with snow falling on Medvednica mountain this morning.

According to data from the DHMZ weather station at Puntijarka, 4 cm of snow fell on Thursday on the Sljeme peak. With temperatures hovering around 0 °C and snow on the ground, there was a real winter look to Sljeme which was covered in warm sunshine just days ago.

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US braces for arctic blast as Chicago gets earliest snowfall in 30 years, temperatures set to drop 30 degrees

Lauren Edmonds
Daily Mail
Thu, 31 Oct 2019 20:15 UTC
Several areas in Illinois have decided to reschedule Halloween trick-or-treating to this Saturday because of the cold weather and snow
Several areas in Illinois have decided to reschedule Halloween trick-or-treating to this Saturday because of the cold weather and snow
Storms are raging across the central United States from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes ahead of an arctic blast that could bring record shattering cold to the South.

Strong winds have brought down trees and power lines from Tennessee to North Dakota after tropical Storm Olga swept in from the Gulf Coast.

Forecasters say the severe storms could now hit states from Alabama to New England.

And in just a few hours, temperatures are expected to drop as much as 30 degrees as a cold front blows in from Canada.

A freeze warning has been issued for several states across the country, including Texas, regions in California, the Carolinas and Georgia.

Many of those areas will see temperatures dip into the 20s and 20s starting Thursday and continue on into Friday.

Chicago has already seen it earliest snow fall in 30 years and temperatures below zero are being registered in the Rockies and Great Basin.

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Denver weather: Another record broken as temperatures plunge to near zero

Ashton Altieri
Denver.cbslocal.com
Thu, 31 Oct 2019 14:11 UTC
A person tries to ride a snowboard down the road in Denver Wednesday morning.
© CBSA person tries to ride a snowboard down the road in Denver Wednesday morning.
The temperature in Denver officially dropped to 3 degrees above zero early Wednesday morning. It was cold enough to shatter the previous record low for October 30 by 4 degrees. It was our third record temperature in 3 days and one more record is expected Thursday morning.

The records on Monday and Tuesday were related to the daily high temperatures. Denver only reached 21 degrees on Monday and 18 degrees on Tuesday. It had never stayed so cold on these dates in the past so new "record coldest maximum" temperatures were set for October 28 and October 29.

One final record is expected Thursday morning when the combination of clear skies, mainly light winds, and snow on the ground allows temperatures to plunge below zero along the Front Range. If the temperature manages to drop below -2° early Thursday, the all-time record low for October in Denver will be broken. That record was set on October 29, 1917.

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All-time record cold sweeps Alberta, Canada

Cap Allon
Electroverse.net
Wed, 30 Oct 2019 13:59 UTC
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Alberta has suffered YET MORE record-breaking low temperatures of late, as brutal Arctic air continues to descend anomalously-far south for the time of year.

The southwest of the Canadian province appears to have fared the worst this week.

According to data from Environment Canada, the mercury in Banff plunged to -23.3C (-9.9F) on Monday morning, which set a new daily low for October 29, eclipsing the previous mark of -22.6C (-8.7F) set back in 1991.

The Bow Valley area saw temperatures sink to -23.2C (-9.8F), low enough to pip the previous all-time record for the date — the -23C (-9.4F) from 2002.
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Harvest lags in Iowa, and this week's snow won't help

Dean Borg
Iowa Public Radio
Tue, 29 Oct 2019 19:21 UTC
A soybean field near Anamosa is covered in snow Tuesday morning
© Dean BorgA soybean field near Anamosa is covered in snow Tuesday morning
Prime harvesting weather is fading in Iowa, but three-fourths of the state's corn acreage isn't yet harvested.

The latest update from the U-S Department of Agriculture Monday said Iowa's corn harvesting lags 11 days behind the five-year average at this stage of the season.

As of this past weekend, one-third of the state's soybean crop was still in the field. That's about a week behind average.
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