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Octobrrrr? Early snowfall blankets much of northeast US

  • Snow falls on the Public Garden, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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    Wintry Weather Boston

    Snow falls on the Public Garden, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
  • The abbreviation "BLM", for the Black Lives Matter movement, written on the forehead of the "Eternal Presence" statue outside the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. The Boston area was blanketed with a few inches of snow during the day. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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    The abbreviation "BLM", for the Black Lives Matter movement, written on the forehead of the "Eternal Presence" statue outside the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. The Boston area was blanketed with a few inches of snow during the day. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
  • Snow falls on the Public Garden, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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    Snow falls on the Public Garden, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
  • Snow falls on masked skeletons ready to bury the year 2020, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, on a lawn in North Andover, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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    Snow falls on masked skeletons ready to bury the year 2020, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, on a lawn in North Andover, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
  • Snow covers pumpkins for sale at Trombetta's Farm during the season's first snowfall, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Marlborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)
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    Snow covers pumpkins for sale at Trombetta's Farm during the season's first snowfall, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Marlborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)
  • Snow falls on the Public Garden, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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    Wintry Weather Boston

    Snow falls on the Public Garden, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
  • Slushy snow covers leaves in a parking lot during the season's first snowfall, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Marlborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)
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    Slushy snow covers leaves in a parking lot during the season's first snowfall, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Marlborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)
  • Snow clings to the hills behind a row of lake houses on Pontoosuc Lake in Pittsfield, Mass., Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. The first snowfall of the season hit New England with a light dusting. (Ben Garver/The Berkshire Eagle via AP)
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    Snow clings to the hills behind a row of lake houses on Pontoosuc Lake in Pittsfield, Mass., Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. The first snowfall of the season hit New England with a light dusting. (Ben Garver/The Berkshire Eagle via AP)
  • A horse grazes after a snowfall at Wirtes Farm in Lanesborough, Mass., Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. The first snowfall of the season hit New England with a light dusting. (Ben Garver/The Berkshire Eagle via AP)
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    A horse grazes after a snowfall at Wirtes Farm in Lanesborough, Mass., Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. The first snowfall of the season hit New England with a light dusting. (Ben Garver/The Berkshire Eagle via AP)
Snow falls on the Public Garden, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
The abbreviation "BLM", for the Black Lives Matter movement, written on the forehead of the "Eternal Presence" statue outside the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. The Boston area was blanketed with a few inches of snow during the day. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Snow falls on the Public Garden, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Snow falls on masked skeletons ready to bury the year 2020, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, on a lawn in North Andover, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Snow covers pumpkins for sale at Trombetta's Farm during the season's first snowfall, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Marlborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)
Snow falls on the Public Garden, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Slushy snow covers leaves in a parking lot during the season's first snowfall, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Marlborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)
Snow clings to the hills behind a row of lake houses on Pontoosuc Lake in Pittsfield, Mass., Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. The first snowfall of the season hit New England with a light dusting. (Ben Garver/The Berkshire Eagle via AP)
A horse grazes after a snowfall at Wirtes Farm in Lanesborough, Mass., Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. The first snowfall of the season hit New England with a light dusting. (Ben Garver/The Berkshire Eagle via AP)
Associated Press
Updated ·1-min read

BOSTON (AP) — If you had snow in October on your 2020 bingo card, you're a lucky winner.

Several inches fell across much of the northeastern U.S. on Friday, accumulating on lawns, fouling roads and inspiring social media posts with a mock “snowpocalypse” theme.

“Bike commuting in a snow storm in October seems on brand for 2020,” Dr. Sarah Wakeman, a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, tweeted with a photo of a bicycle coated in snow.

The National Weather Service said Boston set an October snowfall record with 3.5 inches (8.89 centimeters), breaking the previous record of 1.1 inches (2.79 centimeters) set on Halloween in 2005.

Utilities reported about 4,000 households without power in a corner of Essex County north of Boston. Power was restored to nearly half by midafternoon, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency said.