October Snow

Apparently this fall is over on October 12th. Today the snow is coming down and the wind chill is a blistering 25 degrees. I think that this is the earliest I can ever remember snowfall. I remember some snow in mid-November my sophmore year of college, but definitely not mid-October. I also think that it is interesting that many are predicting that this will be a mild winter. So is this some sort of anomaly or a sign of things to come this winter? All I can say is that I'm not looking forward to going outside tonight.