“You do get a little winter up in Flagstaff because of elevation.”
“A little winter” - LOL. I lived east of there in the White Mountains at 7,500 feet for the fall / winter / spring of ‘76 - ‘77. That was the hardest winter I’ve experienced anywhere! Hawley Lake not far from me was the coldest spot in the lower 48 several times during that winter. Deep snow and COLD. But, outside winter, the most spectacular seasons anywhere.
1977 & 1978 were the coldest winters in the USA probably in the last 100 years. That was when Buffalo had the Blizzard of 77 with 3’ of snow. Buffalo recorded over 200” of snow for the season. I think Syracuse had over 300” that year. The next year Boston had a blizzard where thousands of cars were abandoned on the 128 & 495 interstates. That was the year TIME magazine came out with cover: Are we going into another ICE AGE.
and then everybody started driving SUVs and we caused global warming(Oye Vey)