Most of the time the first snow falls in October. However, one year we had an ice storm in September. Once the snow covers the ground, we don't see the grass again until spring. The year we had the record snowfall, there were piles of snow ten feet high around my house. The interior of Alaska is very dry.
Heated homes tend to dry out a lot.
If moisture happens to build up inside, the humidity inside the house will frost up your window. I have seen three to seven inches of ice build up around windows and doors. Once it's thirty degrees below zero F., I don't notice any difference as it get's colder. I live in a cozy warm house . I have a heated garage.