The first snowfall of the winter? - A free beer or equivalent for the winner!

[Richard Roman]

I am posting this early so we can all have a go at putting up a date - the winner will get a free beer from an establishment of your choice (or a drink of your choosing)

I mean a real fall of snow - not just a few flakes which do not settle. A carpeting of snow is required

Last years Mr Choonie won with a freak heavy fall on oct 23rd and the real snow of winter started on Nov 12th

So place your bets here!

The judges decision is final

I am going with November 5th
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[Lori Rai]

Okay my date was taken so my new guess is November 12

[Elizabeth Elton]

November 26

[Richard Roman]

Just highlighting this in case any one else wants to put up a guess

[Jack Field]

November 8th, i leave for sunny australia and as a parting gift will see the first of many cold days behind me.

[Richard Roman]

The weather forecast for October looks good. I think we should be looking for a November snowfall

[Richard Roman]

Peter 15 oct
Lang Lee 25 oct
Chris 11 nov
Richard 5 Nov

[Chris Knight]

It was autumn, and the Indians on the reservation asked their New Chief if the winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was a Indian chief in a modern society, he couldn't tell what the weather was going to be like. 

Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he replied to his tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should collect wood to be prepared. But, also being a practical leader, after several days he got an idea. He went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked, "Is the coming winter going to be cold?".

"It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold indeed," the meteorologist at the weather service responded.

So the Chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more wood. A week later, he called the National Weather Service again.

 
"Is it going to be a very cold winter?"

"Yes," the man from the National Weather Service again replied, "it's definitely going to be a very cold winter."

The Chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect every scrap of wood they could find. Two weeks later, he called the National Weather Service again.

"Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?"

"Absolutely," the man added. "It's going to be one of the coldest winters ever."

"How can you be so sure?" the Chief asked.

The weatherman replied, "The Indians are collecting wood like crazy."

[Chris Knight]

I just got off the phone with a friend living in northern North Dakota near the Canadian border. She said that since this morning the snow has been nearly waist high and is still falling. The temperature is dropping way below zero and the north wind is increasing to near gale force. Her husband has done nothing but look through the kitchen window and stare. She says that if it gets worse, she may have to let him in.

Ba-da-boom!!!

I don't think we're going to get as much snow as last winter, but I predict it will be much colder. I'm going to say ... November 11th for the first really big dump of snow.

[Lang Lee]

put me down for Oct 25

[Richard Roman]

You pessimist Peter!