Early Snowfalls

(Updated below - Update II)

Reports abound from around the globe of earlier than usual snowfall. Saw a story from Japan as well but lost the link.

Pocatello (Idaho) recorded its third-earliest seasonal snowfall Saturday

Snow Falls Early in South Iceland

Early snow surprises hikers, shuts down Yosemite pass

Sierra Nevada [dusted] with an usually early snowfall

[E]xpedition organizers had not anticipated the early snowfall and blizzards.

Not at all clear what it means or if it/s unusual. For all we know...snow falls earlier than usual somewhere every year.

Update
Early Snow @ Fort Collins,CO.

Update II
Hokkaido's Wakkanai city observes 1st snow in Japan