I live in central Illinois and this has been the snowiest start to winter in over 50 years. We have had close to 20 inches of snow so far. For most years, that is about what we get for the entire season, maybe a bit more. It is warming up so most of the snow should be gone in the next few days, except for the snowplow mounds.
I can always tell when the temperatures have gone above freezing here, because the tons of snow that settled on the metal roof of my apartment building, come sliding off like an avalanche, shaking the whole building. It did that earlier today.