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Light covering in central Minnesota( about 1-2 inches)
The plowed fields still look black from a distance
However, what we got will still be here til at least March ( plus additional amounts) cuz the ground already has a frost depth and normal highs are in the teens.
Aren't most varities of grasses in the northern states green all winter The bermuda we have here is brown from late November through March.
Yeah, most/all northern grasses never go completely brown, without being permanently killed.
There's always some green left even after a heavy snow finally melts away.
*But the degree of "greenness" changes; thick, vibrant and rich in spring-like weather
to maybe 80% of all blades going completely-brown by the end of winter where the lawn looks "mottled" in overall appearance.
Aren't most varities of grasses in the northern states green all winter The bermuda we have here is brown from late November through March.
I’m no grass expert (lol)…but I think CC is right. I don't know about the far northern states...but the grass in the Tri-State area/Mid Atlantic area of the East Coast seems to turn a straw like color from Dec to March…then slowly gets green again in April. However, from what I could see, the grass still seems more green than yellow. We did have alot of rain in the Mid Atlantic in the first part of December. Maybe that why it is still greenish.
Grass is still green as always in Vancouver, BC (never even turns brown after a snowfall)... and we have a trace of snow on the ground.. some light snow flurries today... first of the season in the city...
A solid 4-5'' still here in NH. Temps will warm above freezing again by the end of the weekend. The longer range is still in flux according to the GFS. I think that temps will be close to average in New England with a few smaller snow chances. I don't see any big storms at the moment.
Grass is still green as always in Vancouver, BC (never even turns brown after a snowfall)... and we have a trace of snow on the ground.. some light snow flurries today... first of the season in the city...
I think ours goes "mottled" because of snow cover that can last weeks, even months and/or because our frostline is 3 ft down.
*The grass I am most familiar with is Kentucky bluegrass, which is a soft, thick-bladed grass. This one goes "mottled"; like polkadots of green mixed in with the "straw". Other varieties like fescue, the mottling is less pronounced... but yeah, no healthy lawn grasses here are supposed to go entirely brown. Though I'm unsure about "bent grass." (used in golf course putting greens)
I think ours goes "mottled" because of snow cover that can last weeks, even months and/or because our frostline is 3 ft down.
*The grass I am most familiar with is Kentucky bluegrass, which is a soft, thick-bladed grass. This one goes "mottled"; like polkadots of green mixed in with the "straw". Other varieties like fescue, the mottling is less pronounced... but yeah, no healthy lawn grasses here are supposed to go entirely brown. Though I'm unsure about "bent grass." (used in golf course putting greens)
Yeah, I'm not sure what kind of grass they have here but often times you see moss growing throughout it. Our usual pattern for the winter is to get a week or two of freezing temperatures (usually not more than -10 at night) and then it goes back above freezing for a while with rain and then below freezing for a bit and the cycle continues like this for the winter, and so I don't think the ground here gets completely frozen. In fact, we do road construction work all year here even in the middle of winter. So, the ground must not be that frozen for them to be able to do that.
We have about 14" on the ground right now. Grass is still green as ever under the snow. In fact I had to mow the G-D yard the first week of December because it was still growing slowly and was getting long.
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The bermuda we have here is brown from late November through March.
Compared with Vancouver...
Other varieties like fescue, the mottling is less pronounced... but yeah, no healthy lawn grasses here are supposed to go entirely brown. Though I'm unsure about "bent grass." 
