For the first time in over 30 years, we lost power over the region during a blizzard, and the rig I was working on was shut down for 36 hours because of the weather. (I have been on rigs which kept going with temps below -50 and wind chills off the chart.)
An 'average' snowfall year would be nice, but here that means more colder weather.
It only gets to be about -30 here, but I’m from the hot Desert which was generally in the 30’s to 40’s. Some weeks we never get about -10º, and while I hate that weather, I never want to be in 115-120º again. Urban heat effect can kiss the ole keister, ;-)