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Based upon the Wed evening, Oct 29, 2014 forecast by the National Weather Service, Toledo may receive its first snowflakes and its first measurable snowfall of the season on Sat morning, Nov 1.

Oct 31, 2014 morning update: We may receive up to a half-inch of wet snow on grassy areas by sunrise Nov 1.

Nov 1, 2014 update: Trace of snow recorded at airport. I saw no snow falling on Fri evening, Oct 31 within Toledo. Light snow fell over areas surrounding Toledo.

No Frost Yet

As of Oct 29, we have yet to experience a frost around our West Toledo home. On Wed evening, Oct 29, I harvested sorel, a few green tomatoes, and a small pepper from our backyard garden. The sorel keeps producing.

Two new blooms currently exist on our backyard Nasturtium plant. A rogue plant has produced new light yellow flowers in the past week.

On at least three occasions in October, Toledo Express Airport has recorded low temps at or below freezing, so I'm guessing the outlying areas and maybe more open areas within the city have experienced frost.

Our property is surrounded by a lot of oak trees. Very shady. And those oaks may act like a large car port and protect the property from frost on borderline mornings. But our lack of frost is mainly due to the city being a bit warmer.

The trees are dropping their leaves a little earlier than normal this year, so our cover is disappearing fast.

The Wed evening, Oct 29 garden harvest was probably my last for 2014. Not much is left growing, and the forecast temps for Thursday morning and through this weekend indicate that a hard frost and/or freeze will occur on more than one morning.

First Snowfall?

The following content was based upon weather info from Wed evening, Oct 29, 2014.

I believe that a snowfall of either 1/8" or 1/4" is required to be considered "measurable."

According to the National Weather Service, it appears that our weather will deteriorate late Friday night or early Saturday. We might receive our first measurable snowfall of the season by sunrise Saturday, although it's still uncertain as to how warm or cold it will be. If it snows, it might be a dusting that only covers the grassy areas, leaving roadways wet.

Fri evening, Oct 31 is trick-or-treat in Toledo. Plus, high school football games will be played. The football schedule is one reason why many communities moved their trick-or-treat to another night.

According to info at http://forecast.io/lines on Wednesday evening, Toledo area temps on Friday evening are forecast to range between 42 and 46 degrees at 6:00 p.m. and range between 37 and 42 degrees at 9:00 p.m.

The forecast models at the above link predict Toledo's temps to range between 34 and 40 degrees by sunrise Saturday. The NWS predicts colder temps.

But right now, all models agree that the low temp on Sunday morning will be in the mid 20s, our coldest morn