Yeah...I thought saying exceptionally rare was a bit over the top. If look at the really good decades it's not rare at all.

It was good from around Jan 10 to Mar 5 down here. Big c-zone snow in January, some snow at the end of January, big Arctic blast with snow in early Feb and then a very cold month overall (complete with frozen rivers), then a big snow in early March followed by the coldest min I've ever seen in March.

If you look at the whatever politics thread it is called now, this proves your point.

I’m basically right at sea level in Skagit County (well 80’, but I can see the water from the house). In the last 20 years we’ve had greater than 6” on the ground 8 times. Nov 2006, Dec 2008, Feb 2011, Feb 2019, Jan 2020, Feb 2021, Dec 2021, Dec 2022. I think Jan 2012 was pretty close as well. I imagine it’s slightly better odds as you go north, but that’s almost 50% of the years. Of course we’ve been in a pretty good stretch recently.

Congrats on scoring on the first snowfall. Wasn't my turn obv. Glad for Chicago crew since you guys were mostly a slop fest on the Jan storms that treated mby so well.