Here, in SW WI, we used to get enough that the *ground* was actually 18”-24” higher by March, from compacted snow and ice. I can recall times in the 70s when the snow was at least 4’ by mid-January.
What we are experiencing, seems to me to be just a reprise of the weather 40 years ago. I do believe everything moves in cycles.
"Once an adult, twice a child."
My mother said that often while in her ninties.