Location: 3 hrs north of NYC in central, eastern NY State.
October weather - entire month cold, with below normal temperatures - 45F or colder or daytime highs. Frost most nights and some low temps around 18F. Very wet with a couple of small snows - 1" or less. Generally, miserable.
July through September was unusually hot and dry.
Mid-winter snowstorms measuring in 1'-2' are common here, but we don't expect major snows until December. However, October 4, 1987 dropped 18" of snow on Albany, NY. Late November snows are not rare, but are usually smaller in scale - 6"-10".