While Thanksgiving (Nov. 27) falls late this year, the best chances for snow on Turkey Day occur in upstate New York and portions of New England, according to Keith Eggleston, a senior climatologist with Cornell University's Northeast Regional Climate Center.

For travelers, there is a 50 percent chance of measurable snow in Caribou, Maine, on Nov. 26, the day before Thanksgiving, while there is a 70 percent chance of snow in Caribou on Thanksgiving. Boonville, N.Y., northeast of Syracuse, N.Y., at the foot of the Adirondack Mountains, has a 73 percent chance for a white Thanksgiving. Burlington, Vt., and Buffalo, N.Y., have 30 percent chances of measurable snow on Thanksgiving eve, while Binghamton, N.Y., has a one-in-five chance of snow on Nov. 26 and a 30 percent chance of seeing snow on the ground on Thanksgiving.

Eggleston based predictions on a 30-year average of Northeast snowfall, 1971 to 2000.