Last week we had blizzards, record breaking snows, ice storms, out of electric, etc., etc.. a really old fashioned snow storm and today I worked outside about 6 hours in a tea shirt.
What takes the BITE out of the past few winters storms is that we have hot, then cold, then hot and then cold back and forth. This is nice, the snow melts each time in between storms. Years ago it stayed cold all winter and those snow drifts grew with each storm.
I prefer the current winters, less expensive to keep warm and animals tolerate the cold when you know it will be warm in just a few more days.