FREEZE ON INDIANAPOLIS

Great news for those of us who like snow... From this morning's online edition of The Indianapolis Star:

Our warm fall may rapidly be coming to an end, but at least we got an extra week or so of balmy temperatures. Lows are expected to dip into the 30s Monday and Tuesday, when Central Indiana will flirt with the first freeze of the season.

We've been living on borrowed time, with the average temperature for the month about 5 degrees above normal. If the forecast holds, we'll have our latest hard freeze since 2002, when the city officially didn't reach the 32-degree mark until Nov. 27.

According to the Star, the earliest freeze on record for Indianapolis occurred on the 30th of September, way back in 1899; while the average date upon which Indianapolis typically receives its first hard freeze of the year on the 16th of October.

Well, we beat you - Southern Vermont had its first snowfall this morning, and what a beautiful sight to see!