A drone in Breckenridge, Colorado captured these beautiful images of fresh snowfall in the area. ...

At a Glance Some northern and western U.S. cities can see accumulating snow in September.The earliest that accumulating snow has occurred in most of the Midwest and Northeast cities is October. The earliest that accumulating snow can fall in some U.S. cities is just around the corner. Based on history, September is when several western and northern cities in the Lower 48 have seen their earliest first accumulating snow of the season. Accumulating snow is defined by what the National...

Snow falls on a sidewalk in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 9, 2016. Above: Photos from a locally heavy snowfall from April 7-9, 2016 in the Great Lakes and interior Northeast. Afterwinter was the warmest on record across the Lower 48 states, more snow fell in April than in any of the preceding winter months in parts of the Great Lakes and Northeast. Many had hoped they could put away their snow shovels. However,the pattern shifted into early spring, taking a...