Out here that's especially true, because all of what the rest of the country calls proper "winter", aka arctic air and snow, more often than not lasts less than a week, even during Niña winters. So even with the record Niño in place, if we throw something together after a SSW, or if we nail the jackpot during one of the narrow early season windows, then this winter automatically gets a C grade. Theoretically we could thread the needle and get 20" of wet snow from one storm, and we'd be talking about 2026-27 for the rest of our lives