BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont and the North Country are experiencing an impressive start to the winter season. Snow at the stake on Mount Mansfield hit 50 inches on Thursday, the earliest in the season it’s ever hit that milestone.

Thursday’s snow depth of 50 inches on Mount Mansfield broke the previous daily record of 43 inches set in 2018. Average snow at the stake on December 4 is just 17 inches.

Before this year, the earliest snow at the stake had reached 50 inches was December 7, 1981. Snow depth on Mount Mansfield has only reached 50 inches at any point in December 18% of years since records began in 1954. The last time it happened was December 30, 2016. On average, snow depth at the stake doesn’t reach 50″ until late January.

Thursday’s snow stake record was followed by an ear

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