Mother Nature coated Connecticut with a blanket of snow on the second day of spring, although the western half of the state was faring much better by daybreak than the eastern side.

Newtown awoke to 2-3 inches of fresh precipitation on Monday, the first full day of spring. Public schools had a two-hour delay due to the snow, which had all but stopped by 8 am.

Roadways had been sanded by Public Works crews who had been working during the overnight hours. No accidents were reported due to the March 20-21 snow - which had started by 10 pm Sunday - and traffic was able to move easily for those heading to work Monday morning.

The 13 Weather Underground stations in Newtown registered an average temperature of 31.4 degrees at 9 am.

Snow showers were continuing in New London at that hour, however, where Winter Weather Advisories and Winter Storm Warnings were in effect. As of daybreak, snow measuring 6 inches and higher was being reported in parts of eastern Connecticut, eastern Massachusetts, extreme southeast New Hampshire and eastern Maine, according to Weather Underground (WU).

Tolland had a report of 6 inches of snow by 9 am Monday, also according to WU.

The full winter storm, named Regis, was well away from Newtown by 9:30. The eastern third of Connecticut was still under ice and snowy conditions at that hour, but the majority of the storm covered northern parts of New England and a small section of the Atlantic Ocean.

Back in Newtown, the sun was shining and temperatures were expected to climb to the mid 40s by the afternoon.