We had a legit cold spell at the very end of December to feed into the low level cold pool that developed that month. And then from there the block stayed remarkably stable for several weeks before retrograding towards the end of the month and dropping another mini-hammer on us. Don't think it's much of an analog. December 1984 as a whole was wildly different.

For being this far out, that's a really solid signal...

22-23 was ok. A lot of cold and I had 10 inches of snow, but it all came in small amounts. It just never got its act together. I think some us underrate it, but Andrew is certainly overrating it. At least for WA. I think the premier winter for us this decade was 2021-22.

If February 2019 happened in January would you consider it a blockbuster January? It didn’t really feature a major hit in terms of an airmass for the entire region. Just a lot of persistently chilly weather.

Congrats @Tom for nailing the LRC. GFS has me below freezing beginning on NY's and thru the end of it's run. If we can get some snow cover back and especially a decent synoptic hit, it will be the heart of winter by the looks of things.