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Early snow flurries briefly coat autumn leaves in western Massachusetts

New England Public Media | By Nancy Eve Cohen
Published November 1, 2023 at 5:35 PM EDT
Snow falling in Springfield, Mass. on Nov. 1, 2023.
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Snow falling in Springfield, Mass. on Nov. 1, 2023.

Like it or not, winter is on its way. Parts of the 413 region saw its first snow of the season Wednesday.

Snow flurries fell past orange, red and yellow autumn leaves in several places including Northampton, Springfield, and Westfield. At times it was just heavy enough to coat the ground and a few late-blooming flowers. Higher elevations in Berkshire County got as much as 2 and a half inches.

Although the snow may have caught a few people off guard, Alan Dunham, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Norton, said this is normal.

"There's many years when we have snow in late October. So, it's not totally shocking to see the first of November seeing some snow fall," he said.

Dunham said the National Weather Service doesn't make predictions about the number of snow storms this winter, but he said there's a chance of below normal temperatures this month.

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Nancy Eve Cohen
Nancy Eve Cohen is a former NEPM senior reporter whose investigative reporting has been recognized with an Edward R. Murrow Regional Award for Hard News, along with awards for features and spot news from the Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA), American Women in Radio & Television and the Society of Professional Journalists.

She has reported on repatriation to Native nations, criminal justice for survivors of child sexual abuse, linguistic and digital barriers to employment, fatal police shootings and efforts to address climate change and protect the environment. She has done extensive reporting on the EPA's Superfund cleanup of the Housatonic River.

Previously, she served as an editor at NPR in Washington D.C., as well as the managing editor of the Northeast Environmental Hub, a collaboration of public radio stations in New York and New England.

Before working in radio, she produced environmental public television documentaries. As part of a camera crew, she also recorded sound for network television news with assignments in Russia, Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba and in Sarajevo during the war in Bosnia.
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