We scheduled a flight a day early for our cruise tour in Alaska to sightsee some of Fairbanks. Long story - short, weather in the midwest delayed our flight from EWR to MSP and could not make the flight to Fairbanks. Spent the night in MWP and flew the next day, and made the entire cruise tour (was great by the way)
On our 30 day TA from FLL a few years ago, leaving on April 1, we didn't want to chance a late snowstorm, so we went down to Fla. 2 days ahead. Enjoyed that stay too.
DD