Belated Snow Finally Hits Vermont/New York Mountain Peaks

Web cam shot from the summit of Sugarbush, Vermont today. 

Better late than never.

Snow was reported on the tallest mountain peaks of Vermont and New York today, bringing the first whitening since late May to the Green Mountain State.

Web cam from Sugarbush showed snow dusting the evergreens at the summit.  It was 34 degrees and snowing atop Mount Mansfield this afternoon.

The National Weather Service in South Burlington said elevations at 4,000 feet or so have had light accumulations. 

That covers only the tippy tops of the tallest mountains in the region. Snowflakes have been spotted as low as 3,000 feet, but they're not sticking there. 

During a heavier rain shower near the valley floor in St. Albans, Vermont, a tiny bit of hail or graupel briefly mixed with the rain.

Spectacular rainbow amid the chilly autumn showers in 
St. Albans, Vermont late this afternoon. 

None of this is remotely unusual for this time of year. Snow often falls on valley floors in mid-October.  

Dustings of snow accumulated at my place in St. Albans on this date in 2015 and 2018, for instance. Still, since it's been so warm this autumn, today's  mountain peak snow seems noteworthy.

It looks like Mount Mansfield has an excellent shot at finally getting below freezing tonight. The summit's previous record for latest freeze was October 6, 2011, so the record up there is shattered.

No frost is expected at lower elevations tonight. The next chance of frost and freezes in Vermont will be this upcoming weekend. 

Some of today's showers were unexpectedly heavy.  My unofficial rain gauge in St. Albans picked up a half inch of rain today,  mostly from three downpours that passed through. 

As you can see in this post, the last downpour of the day created a spectacular rainbow over St. Albans.