BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- In general, 2025 has trended above average for temperatures and below average for precipitation. The warmer weather lasted well into the beginning of fall, and it seemed like winter was still far away.

Now that we are over a month into fall and a few days into November, the days are getting shorter and the nights are getting chillier. With these changing conditions, this raises the question: when will we finally start to see snow flurries flying through the air?

If the first snowfall wasn't already in the 7-day forecast, we could use previous years of data to get a good idea of when we'd see the first snowflakes as well as the first measurable snow that sticks.

The first flakes that are seen in Buffalo usually come, on average, around Oct. 24, based on data colle

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