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Some in Northeast US are beginning to wonder: Where’s the snow?

December 8, 2015
A chairlift sits idle at Oak Mountain Ski Center on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, in Speculator, N.Y. Some Northeasterners are beginning to wonder if a white Christmas may just be a dream, and business owners who rely on snow are starting to worry if warm weather could lead to a nightmare winter. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

A chairlift sits idle at Oak Mountain Ski Center on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, in Speculator, N.Y. Some Northeasterners are beginning to wonder if a white Christmas may just be a dream, and business owners who rely on snow are starting to worry if warm weather could lead to a nightmare winter. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Some Northeasterners are beginning to wonder if a white Christmas may just be a dream, and business owners who rely on snow are starting to worry if warm weather could lead to a nightmare winter.

In Maine, an outdoor sports business owner says he’s anxious. And in Vermont, ski areas are making snow but wishing Mother Nature would chip in.

Buffalo, New York, already has broken a record this year: Previously, the latest the city had seen measurable snow was Dec. 3. As of Tuesday, it had beaten it by five days.

Burlington, Vermont, could follow. Its current record for having no more than an inch of snow is Dec. 21, set in 1948, said Eric Evenson, a National Weather Service meteorologist. Burlington had received two-tenths of an inch as of Tuesday, well shy of the normal snow to date of 8.7 inches, Evenson said.

One Comment

  1. the snowy day

    May 20, 2016 at 10:45 AM

    Target : Expect More. Pay Less.

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