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Winter arrives in record-setting fashion

Buffalo, NY is regarded by most cognoscente as America's snowiest city and Chicago, of course, is the snowy and blustery "Windy City." Both set early snowfall records today. Buffalo was paralyzed with two feet of snow in some areas and 8.3 inches at the airport, breaking the October record of 6 inches set on Halloween in 1917. The snow forces multiple cancelations. Chicago recorded its earliest-ever snowfall (about an inch), even though the Cubs and White Sox are through before their respective Major League championships.

Snowfighters, get ready. Here it comes!