Snow has dusted the mountain peaks of the West in several states this week in the final days of summer. The official start of fall is Wednesday, Sept. 23. in California's Sierra Nevada said that Monday's dusting was the first of the season there. Farther north in the Sierra, said they received their first flakes of the season Wednesday. Sierra Nevada ski resorts in California are hoping that El Nino will help boost snowpack this winter season. The snowpack last...

For the second time in less than a week, Fairbanks, Alaska, was blanketed with heavy snow. This time, it was a record-breaker. Snow blankets the University of Alaska-Fairbanks campus on September 29, 2015. (@lucas.nbraga/Instagram) Officially, 11.2 inches of snow blanketed Fairbanks International Airport Tuesday, setting an all-time September daily snow record, previously 7.8 inches on Sep. 13, 1992. This also topped the previous record for any 24-hour September snowfall of 9 inches in 1992, according to Rick Thoman from the...

View of snow-covered Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, from nearby Wildcat Mountain on Oct. 10, 2015. (@skiwildcat/Twitter) Light snow dusted the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire overnight Friday into early Saturday morning, the season's first measurable snow at the highest peak in the Northeast U.S. Typical of weather at the 6,288 foot summit, the snow was accompanied by winds up to sustained hurricane-force (76 mph), with a peak wind gust to 84 mph, sending wind chills into the single digits...

may have been greeted with a collective warm shrug of the shoulders in the Lower 48 states, but Alaskans have already broken out winter coats. Officially, 6.7 inches of snow blanketed the city of Fairbanks Friday, turning the city into a winter wonderland just days into fall. The first measurable snow of the season blanketed the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus on Sep. 25, 2015. (Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks/Twitter) Not only was this the city's first measurable snow of the...

The Weather Channel on Tuesday released its winter storm names for the 2015-2016 season. It's the fourth annual list of names that will be attached to storms this winter. The names will be used in alphabetical order to identify winter storms that meet naming criteria. was the first of its kind to be developed by The Weather Channel. (MORE: ) "It's simply easier to communicate about a complex storm if it has a name, which our naming program has demonstrated,"...

Impressive snow piled up in the Montreal, Wisconsin neighborhood of Gile on Thursday, November 13, 2014. (Twitter/Jason Juno via Jim Cantore) A northern Wisconsin town picked up over 50 inches of snow since Monday, and that may have set a state snowstorm record. A weather observer in Gile, Wisconsin, technically part of the town of Montreal, measured 50.1 inches of snow from the morning of November 10 through early morning on November 14. Yes, you read that right: over four...

A third surge of cold air pushed into the Northern Plains, Upper Midwest and East Coast. This third surge reinforced the cold temperatures for millions of Americans who have already endured at least a week of January-like chill. (MORE:) There have been more than 400 record lows and record cool highs set, covering 43 states, since Sunday. That leaves only five states in the contiguous U.S., all in New England, that have not experienced record cold temperatures this week. On...

NOAA issued its winter 2015-2016 outlook Thursday, and the strong El Niño's fingerprints are all over it. "A strong El Niño is in place and should exert a strong influence over our weather this winter," said Mike Halpert, deputy director, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. "While temperature and precipitation impacts associated with El Niño are favored, El Niño is not the only player. Cold-air outbreaks and snow storms will likely occur at times this winter. However, the frequency, number and intensity...

There's nothing quite like the calming sight of seeing the first snowfalls of the season outside your window, untouched by vehicles, snow plows or human feet. That early-season snowfall creates a pristine landscape where everything looks perfect. Of course, it's the last time it'll look like that, because once the mud and other elements mix in, it's never the same. (MORE: ) In some of the higher elevations, especially in the West, these first snowfalls are happening now. Since the...

Timing: Through Thursday Night Snow for Upstate New York, parts of New England Low pressure has been dumping snow from the Rockies to the northern Plains, Upper Midwest, northern Great Lakes the last couple of days. The final phase of this storm system is now spreading snow across northern New England and Upstate New York. Below are some snow totals from this system through early Thursday morning, followed by the latest forecast for the regions that will be affected into...

(Rex Features via AP Images) Residents of one Japanese city were willing to endure some dangerous weather to score a few discounted electronics from the Apple store. The store in Sapporo priced at the equivalent of $300 U.S. dollars, according to Kotaku. Inside those bags were a surprise combination of expensive electronics, such as iPads, MacBook Air computers and Beats Wireless headphones. To buy these bags, however, they had to camp out on the night of Jan. 1 to secure...

They're and in Chicago, but there's a real problem we need to discuss before this Arctic blast goes away. Floridians are cold. They're so chilly that they might have to break out that one sweatshirt they own for their daily walk on the beach. Unaware you had to throw on two jackets and trudge to work on icy sidewalks this morning, they might text you to complain today, and your reaction will likely look similar to this: (MORE: ) In...

Residents of New York City are wondering why more than 200 manholes have caught fire in the last few days alone. The fiery explosions have left several unsuspecting people injured, with the covers, weighing 100 pounds or more, shooting out of the ground , Fox Connecticut reported. The blasts have blown out windows, damaged cars and forced some people out of their dwellings, the report added. Here's why these explosions are so common this time of year. According to electric...