The season’s first snows have frosted the Rocky Mountains, Great Lakes and New England, resulting in the most extensive early-November snow cover in at least two decades.On Wednesday morning, snow was on the ground in 17.9 percent of the contiguous United States, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.Around the same time last year, snow covered just 3.4 percent of the area. The 20-year average snow cover over the Lower 48 on Nov. 1 is 5.5 percent.
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