Winter storms blanket the East, while the US West is wondering: Where’s the snow?

Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Adrienne Marshall writes about how the snowpack was far below normal across most of the West on Dec. 1, 2025. Denver didn’t see its first measurable snowfall until Nov. 29 – more than a month past normal, and one of its latest first-snow dates on record.  But a late start isn’t necessarily reason to worry about the snow season ahead.  December 1, 2025.