These things happen in that part of the world. I know. I spent 10 years in western NY state.
Oh yeah, I grew up in the north of Chicago area. As a kid in the 70’s there, we used to get 100” or more snow every winter and the ponds and lakes froze solid.
Blame it all on Mount Pinatubo blowing up!
Now, in Colorado where I presently reside, we are having a dearth of precip, only about 50% of the required snow pack.