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Record Early Snow Slams Midwest U.S. And Eastern Canada

An exceptional early-season Arctic outbreak has delivered record-breaking snow across the U.S. Midwest and eastern Canada, bringing the heaviest early-November accumulations in decades and snarling transport from Cincinnati to Ottawa.

In the U.S., Cincinnati picked up 2.1 inches (5.3 cm) on Nov 10 — the most snow ever recorded on that date, according to the NWS. The previous record, 0.3 inches (0.8 cm) from 1948, stood unchallenged for 77 years.

Nearby Dayton saw 3.6 inches (9.1 cm), crushing its 1960 record of just 0.2 inches (0.5 cm). Minimums fell into the low 20s (around -6C), with wind chills in the teens (-10 C), marking one of the coldest early-November nights in decades.

A myriad of regions posted their earliest snowfalls on record, including in South Carolina’s Myrtle Beach and Florence.

North of the border, Ontario saw one of its snowiest early-November stretches on record.