When can you expect the first snow of the season?

A lot of the US can see their first snow in the fall.

We can give you an idea of when the first snowflakes will fall based on the weather over the course of many years.

The average date of the first measurable snow in the Lower 48 states over the last 30 years is shown in the map below.

If the season's first snow doesn't stick to the ground, it's not considered the official first snowfall.

It's important to remember that the weather doesn't always follow average. The map below shows the first snow days of the season, but a strong cold front could give the season's first snow days weeks earlier. An upper level area of high pressure that persists into the fall could push the first snowfall of the season later than the date indicated on the map.

There are parts of the U.S. that are farmland. There is a hibernate zone with pre-DICATED snow-filled winter.

The highest peaks of the Rockies can get snow as early as late summer.

The first freeze of the season is when to expect it.

The peaks of the Colorado Rockies and the western High Plains see their first snow in an average year.

The season's first snow usually occurs in October in northern and western New England, upstate New York and from the higher altitudes of central and western Pennsylvania.

There could be tornadoes in La Nia during the winter.

During October in the Midwest and Plains, areas from Michigan and northern Ohio into the Dakotas, western and northern Kansas and the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles see their first snow.

The first snowfall of the season occurs in Wyoming, eastern Idaho, Montana, Utah's Wasatch Range, Colorado's foothills and mountain valleys and the mountains of New Mexico.

The Northeast will get its first snow of the season in November. I-95 goes from Boston to Virginia.

Medical experts warn of the dangers of snow.

The first snow of the season is usually seen in the Midwest and Plains in November.

Parts of Arizona and the Pacific Northwest get the first snow in November.

Most areas from the southern Plains to the Southeast don't get their first snow until December. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and Nashville, Tennessee are included in the average.

There is a way to watch the weather on television.

Most of the US from the eastern Carolinas to central and southern Texas won't get any snow in an average year. Along the Gulf Coast and in Florida, this is the case.

If it snows in these places, it's usually not until January or February, when the average temperature is the lowest of the year.