First 2020 Snowfall

Did it snow where you live over the weekend?

Here in Nashua, NH, the first measurable snow of 2020 dropped about half a foot of snow from Saturday night into early Sunday morning.

The storm started about 5 p.m. Saturday and lasted until shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday. The morning was clear and bright and with no wind, and these reflections were seen in the Nashua River from our 5th floor apartment window.

Before the overnight snowfall, the city of Nashua issued a snow emergency as roadways became snow covered. That snow emergency ended at 8 a.m. yesterday morning.

Temperatures climbed into the 40s during daytime hours yesterday and snow was already melting. However, the overnight temps were in the teens. Ice on the river banks may stay around awhile. 

This week temperatures will be in the mid-20s in the daytime, with overnight temperatures this coming week and possibly snow next weekend once again.

Those warm temperatures that tempted us a couple of weeks ago are just a fading memory now as winter has taken up its seasonal residence. And, this eclectic group has taken up residence outside our apt entry complete with their own snowballs.

Winter was well described in this popular verse by Robert Frost, poet laureate of VT, a four-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry . . .

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.