A wet and gloomy October hit a new low Friday with the first snowfall of the 2009-2010 season, according to reports.
The amount was barely noticeable, too small to be recorded by weather gauges or frustrate motorists but enough to linger on windshields and hang on shrubs. Rain mixed with snow was in Friday night’s forecast, according to the National Weather Service.
Ashtabula County’s NWS observers each said an insignificant amount of the white stuff was detected at their stations.
“Most melted upon contact,” said Ron Coursen, who staffs a station in Ashtabula.
Greg Becker, a Dorset Township observer, said a “light trace” dusted the area. The Springboro, Pa., area, a short distance from Conneaut, recorded an inch of snow, Coursen said.
A mid-October snowfall is unusual but not unprecedented, Coursen said. Back in 2006, the area saw its first snow on Oct. 14, he said.
“It’s early, but we’ve had it happen before,” Coursen said.
Last year, the first measurable snow — about one-tenth of an inch — didn’t arrive until Oct. 29, Coursen said.
Earlier this month, the Ohio Department of Transportation reported it was ready for the winter highway maintenance season. More than 1,700 plow trucks are available to push aside snow and ice, according to a press release. The state has amassed nearly 700,000 tons of salt at various locations, according to ODOT.
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