Here at the 42nd north parallel, it does seem exactly how you describe. We usually get some nasty winters, snow up to the waist at times. Not this year, though. We had exactly one week of actual winter this year (where the temperature actually goes below 0F (-17C). It snowed twice (where snow actually accumulated), just a few inches 1st time and 6-9 inches second time. That's it. Now the weatherman says it's going to be 70F (room temp) next week, when it's usually only barely getting above freezing this time of year.
Here at the 42nd north parallel, it does seem exactly how you describe. We usually get some nasty winters, snow up to the waist at times. Not this year, though. We had exactly one week of actual winter this year (where the temperature actually goes below 0F (-17C). It snowed twice (where snow actually accumulated), just a few inches 1st time and 6-9 inches second time. That's it. Now the weatherman says it's going to be 70F (room temp) next week, when it's usually only barely getting above freezing this time of year.
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