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The South Pole has held below -20C since Jan 22, 2022, when it briefly climbed to -17.6C.

Vermont's Earliest Foot Since 2010

Jay Peak in Vermont has reported a foot of early-season snow this week.

The resort shared photos of snow-covered trails, noting, "foliage doing its best to hang on as winter takes over."

The snow, which began Monday, has sparked excitement about an early start to the ski season, with Jay Peak not typically opening until after Thanksgiving.

More than a foot of snow has fallen thus far — the earliest foot in the Green Mountain state since 2010. The resort's first snowflakes if the season actually fell back on Sept 8 — also unusually early.

A glance out West, toward Utah resorts, shows the snow piling up early there and all:

Snowbird Hidden Peak

ABC4’s Weather Team expects the Cottonwood Canyons to receive as much as two feet by Friday night with the Wasatch Mountains seeing up to 18 inches of fresh powder:

While north of the border, Environment Canada has issued the first snowfall warnings of the season along the British Columbia and Yukon border, with accumulations of up to a foot expected in some spots.

Looking ahead, the GFS keeps increasing North America's snowfall totals.