About the same for me, although I think there was a good 30 inches where I was living in January 1969. The only thing I remember is opening the front door and being amazed how much snow there was. Glad I remember anything since I was only just short of 5 years old.
For me anything over 6 inches on the ground is just fine though.
It seems like a strong, sharper ridge on 00z runs, definitely the EURO/CMCE, so a better chance at a cool/cold pool and east winds. I think we'll see the models trend that way even more. Then we wait for retrogression in December.