I'm not sure if this happening in December / January would've helped us out west as much.. since it was a precip driven event with the wet bulb barely at 32. I imagine at least the sun angles, less daylight would have helped us stay closer to the wet bulb for a higher duration of the event... If this happened in December or January. Still a great event.

exactly, thats what I was trying to say by higher ratios. worded badly, meaning March is typically more marginal that Dec/Jan (not this year)

The best winters here over the past few decades have managed 70-80 days of snow cover. We don’t get a lot of wind here and once a snowpack freezes up it can be slow to melt.

if snow cover here survives the 41 degree highs later today should get pretty cold tonight, probably in the teens

Without Arctic air I assume it would have been wet snow in any month.